bond
Definition
- n. 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
- n. a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
- n. 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)
- n. British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
Word forms
- Past participle
- bonded
- Past tense
- bonded
- Third person singular
- bonds
- Present participle
- bonding
Example sentences
n.
The bond between the two friends grew stronger over the years.
vt.
The carpenter used glue to bond the pieces of wood together.
vi.
They began to bond over their shared interests in music and art.