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bond - noun

  • an electrical force linking atoms
  • 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
  • a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
  • (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
  • a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
  • a connection that fastens things together
  • a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
  • 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)
  • British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
  • the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

    • bond - verb

    • stick to firmly
    • create social or emotional ties
    • issue bonds on
    • bring together in a common cause or emotion

    bond - thesaurus

    adhere   adherence   adhesion   adhesiveness   alliance   attach   attachment   bail   bind   hamper   shackle   stick   tie   trammel  

    Scrabble score for bond

    b is 3 o is 1 n is 1 d is 2
    Scrabble score = 7

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