• a connection that fastens things together
• a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
• the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
• British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
• United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)
• an electrical force linking atoms
• (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the Bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 Bond was furnished by an alderman"
• a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
• a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful Bond between them"
• a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
• stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
• bring together in a common cause or emotion; "The death of their child had drawn them together"
• issue Bonds on
• create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to Bond with the child"
• held in slavery; "born of enslaved parents"

'Bond' in other languages