bond : Idioms & Phrases

• a bond which obliges one to abide by the award of an arbitration.

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• noun (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
  bail; bond.
  
  • the judge set bail at $10,000
  • a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman

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Bail" bond`

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1. (Law) (a) A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ. (b) Special bail in court to abide the judgment. Bouvier.

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• noun a bond issued with detachable coupons that must be presented to the issuer for interest payments
  bearer bond.
  

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• the distance between the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate.

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• noun 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
  bond.
  

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• (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a bond. Blackstone.

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• (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of a bond. Burrows.

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• noun bonds sold by a corporation or government agency at a particular time and identifiable by date of maturity
  

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• noun a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
  bond.
  

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• noun an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default
  
  • the bonds of highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA

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• noun someone bound to labor without wages
  

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Bond" serv`ant

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1. A slave; one who is bound to service without wages.

   If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant. Lev. xxv. 39, 40.

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Bond" serv`ice

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1. The condition of a bond servant; sevice without wages; slavery.

   Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service. 1 Kings ix. 21.

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• timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally.

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• noun trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange)
  bond trading.
  

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• noun trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange)
  bond trading.
  

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• noun a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States
  

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• . See Chain timber.

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• noun an electrical force linking atoms
  bond.
  

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• noun a bond that can be converted to other securities under certain conditions
  

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• noun a covalent bond in which both electrons are provided by one of the atoms
  coordinate bond.
  

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• noun a bond issued by a corporation; carries no claim to ownership and pays no dividends but payments to bondholders have priority over payments to stockholders
  
  • a corporate bond is a safer investment than common stock in the same company

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• (Law), in old practice, a bond to secure one who has given bond for another.

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• noun a bond issued with detachable coupons that must be presented to the issuer for interest payments
  bearer bond.
  

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• noun a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule
  

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• a form of bricklaying, in which the joints of one stretcher course come midway between those of the stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and stretchers intervening. See Bond, n., 8.

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• noun a covalent bond in which both electrons are provided by one of the atoms
  coordinate bond.
  

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• noun the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
  debenture; debenture bond.
  

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• (Masonry), herringbone work. See Herringbone, a.

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• noun a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms
  

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• noun a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
  electrostatic bond; electrovalent bond.
  

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• noun a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
  electrostatic bond; electrovalent bond.
  

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• (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n.,

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• (Eng.), bills of money, or promissory bills, issued from the exchequer by authority of Parliament; a species of paper currency emitted under the authority of the government, and bearing interest.

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• noun the formation of a close personal relationship between women
  

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• . (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8.

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• (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical.

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• noun a bond that is an IOU of the United States Treasury; considered the safest security in the investment world
  

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• (Masonry), a bond in which no header stone stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid header fashion. Knight.

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• noun a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower; issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit
  high-yield bond.
  

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• noun a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond
  

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• a bond issued on the income of the corporation or company issuing it, and the interest of which is to be paid from the earnings of the company before any dividends are made to stockholders; issued chiefly or exclusively by railroad companies.

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• noun a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
  electrostatic bond; electrovalent bond.
  

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• noun British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
  Bond.
  

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• 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)
  Bond.
  

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• noun a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower; issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit
  high-yield bond.
  

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• noun a bond that has not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold to the general public
  

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• noun the formation of a close personal relationship between men
  
  • the rituals known as male bonding do not necessarily involve drinking beer together

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• noun the attachment that forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth
  
  • maternal-infant bonding influences the child's psychological and physical development

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• noun a chemical bond in which electrons are shared over many nuclei and electronic conduction occurs
  

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• noun a bond issued by a state or local government
  

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• noun a bond containing a provision that the holder cannot redeem the security before a specific date (usually at maturity)
  

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• noun the primary linkage of all protein structures; the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide
  peptide linkage.
  

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• noun a bond given to protect the recipient against loss in case the terms of a contract are not filled; a surety company assumes liability for nonperformance
  performance bond.
  

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• noun a bond made by a reversioner to secure a loan; payable out of his reversion
  

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Post-o"bit, Post-o"bit bond` noun (Also<

• Post-obit
• Post-obit bond

)

Etymology

Pref. post- + obit.

Definitions

1. (Law) A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations. Bouvier.

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• noun a government bond that bears no interest or capital gains but enters the holder into lotteries
  

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• noun a bond whose owner is recorded on the books of the issuer; can be transferred to another owner only when endorsed by the registered owner
  

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• noun a bond issued by an agency that is commissioned to finance public works; revenue from the public property is used to pay off the bond
  

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• noun non-negotiable government bond; cannot be bought and sold once the original purchase is made
  

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• noun a bond that is back by collateral
  

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• noun a bond given to protect the recipient against loss in case the terms of a contract are not filled; a surety company assumes liability for nonperformance
  performance bond.
  

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• to give notice that the amount of the bond will be paid.

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• noun a debt instrument with maturities of 10 years or longer
  

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• noun the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
  debenture; debenture bond.
  

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• noun a bond issued to finance the construction of public utility services
  utility bond.
  

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• noun a bond issued to finance the construction of public utility services
  utility bond.
  

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• noun a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security
  zero coupon bond.
  

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• noun a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security
  zero coupon bond.
  

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