bond
noun
- instrument of indebtedness
- attaching
verb
- to bind or connect together
- secure with financial bond
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bɒnd/ / /bɑnd/ / /bɔnd/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English bonde (“peasant, servant, bondman”), from Old English bōnda, būnda (“householder, freeman, plebeian, husband”), perhaps from Old Norse bóndi (“husbandman, householder”, literally “dweller”), or a contraction of Old English būend (“dweller, inhabitant”), both from Proto-Germanic *būwandz (“dweller”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, appear”). See also bower, boor.
- Subject to the tenure called bondage.
- In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.
- Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.
“bond fear”
name
Etymology: * As an English occupational surname, from the noun bond, bondman, reinforced by Old Norse bóndi (“peasant, farmer”). Also as a variant of Band. * As a Swedish surname, variant of Bonde. * As a Ukrainian surname, shortened from Bondarenko. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Bont, from bont (“speckled, motley”), compare Bonte.
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- A unisex given name from Old Norse.
- An unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
- A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Tennessee, United States.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English bonde (“peasant, servant, bondman”), from Old English bōnda, būnda (“householder, freeman, plebeian, husband”), perhaps from Old Norse bóndi (“husbandman, householder”, literally “dweller”), or a contraction of Old English būend (“dweller, inhabitant”), both from Proto-Germanic *būwandz (“dweller”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, appear”). See also bower, boor.
- A peasant; churl.
- A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English bonden English bond Inherited from Middle English bonden.
- To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
“The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.”
- To cause to adhere (one material with another).
“The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage.”
- To form a chemical compound with.
“Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.”
- To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
“The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter.”
“The existence of such [criminal] records can and has been a barrier to men who wish to obtain a job that requires bonding (such as working in a bank).”
- To form a friendship or emotional connection.
“The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam.”
- To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
- To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
- To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
“A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.”
- To bail out by means of a bail bond.
“In the August election of 1874 I bonded out of jail eighteen colored men that had been in there, and there has not one of them been tried yet, and they never will be.”
“In jail for killing a man, Procter Lewis is placed in a cell where he is faced with a choice: he can be bonded out of jail by Roger Medlow, the owner of the plantation where he lives, or he can serve his time in the penitentiary.”