bond

bond1 [ band ] noun **

▸ 1 relationship

▸ 2 financial document

▸ 3 formal legal promise

▸ 4 amount of money

▸ 5 serious promise

▸ 6 between surfaces

▸ 7 something stopping freedom

1. ) count something that gives people or groups a reason to love each other or feel they have a duty to each other:

bond between: The experience formed a close bond between us.

bond with: We will work to strengthen our bonds with neighboring countries.

a common bond: These women all lead very different lives, but they share a common bond.

2. ) count a document given to someone who invests money in a government or a company, promising to pay back the money with interest:

a government/Treasury bond: Government bonds are usually a safe investment.

a bond issue (=an offer to sell bonds): The company raised money through a bond issue.

=> JUNK BOND

3. ) count a legal document containing a promise that one person will pay money to another person

4. ) uncount an amount of money paid so that someone can leave prison before their trial: BAIL:

Cartwright's parents posted the $25,000 bond.

5. ) count LITERARY a serious promise that you make to someone

a ) my word is my bond SPOKEN FORMAL used for saying that people can trust you because if you promise to do something, you will do it

6. ) count usually singular the way that two surfaces are stuck together, usually with glue:

bond between: The surfaces must be clean to insure a good bond between the floor and the tiles.

a ) count SCIENCE in chemistry, a force that holds atoms together:

Carbon atoms can form bonds with nitrogen and oxygen atoms.

7. ) bonds plural LITERARY something that stops you from being free or from feeling that you can do what you want

a ) chains or ropes tied around someone so they are not free to move:

He managed to struggle free from his bonds.

bond

bond 2 [ band ] verb

1. ) intransitive to develop feelings of love, friendship, or duty toward other people, or to make someone develop these feelings:

The two new recruits seemed to bond immediately.

bond together: The team has bonded together well.

bond with: He never felt like he bonded with any of the other students.

a ) to develop the strong and special feeling of love that it is considered normal for a mother and her baby to have for each other:

The mother and baby are left together after the birth so that they can start to bond.

2. ) intransitive or transitive to attach two things firmly together, usually with glue, or to become attached in this way:

a substance used for bonding plastics

bond together: The fibers bond together and form a thin sheet.

bond something to something: This product bonds fabric to any surface.