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"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."
"I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less."
"Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbon bonds, in their many variations."
"You could rely on him. His word was his bond."
"liquor bottled in bond"
"The bailiff released the prisoner as soon as the bond was posted."
"A bond of superglue adhered the teacups to the ceiling, much to the consternation of the cafe owners."
"The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage."
"The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage."
"Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements."
"The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter."
"The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam."
"A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel 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."
"bond fear"
"At last, James Bond made it as an actor."
A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
Common synonyms include: adhere, attachment, stick, accident insurance, accord, accouple.
At last, James Bond made it as an actor.
Pronounced /bɒnd/.
From Middle English bond, a variant of band, from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandaz, *bandiz (“band, fetter”). Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Swedish band. Doublet of Bund. Related to bind.
From Middle English bonden.
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.
* 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.