verb create social or emotional ties.
— synonyms: bind, tie, attach
verb issue bonds on.
verb bring together in a common cause or emotion.
— synonyms: draw_together
noun an electrical force linking atoms.
— synonyms: chemical_bond
noun a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money.
— synonyms: bond_certificate
noun a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest.
— synonyms: alliance
noun (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
— synonyms: bail, bail_bond
noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner).
— synonyms: shackle, hamper, trammel
noun a connection that fastens things together.
— synonyms: attachment
noun a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper.
— synonyms: bond_paper
noun 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).
— synonyms: Julian_Bond
noun British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming.
— synonyms: James_Bond
noun the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition.
— synonyms: adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence
Examples
“Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.”
“The prisoner was brought before the tribunal in iron bonds.”
“They had grown up as friends and neighbors, and not even vastly differing political views could break the bond of their friendship.”