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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : bond
Phonetic Transcription : bɒnd



Definition of bond

Origin :
  • early 13c., "anything that binds," phonetic variant of band (n.1). For vowel change, see long (adj.); also influenced by Old English bonda "householder," literally "dweller" (see bondage). Legalistic sense first recorded 1590s.
  • noun binder or fastener
  • noun association, relation
  • noun guarantee; contract
  • verb fasten; stick
Example sentences :
  • If he touched the hand of this man, there would be a bond between them which only death could break.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He had not thought of God as the bond of life between him and them, nor sought to nourish the life in them.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The bond was delivered to Fox, who tore it up and flung the pieces into the fire.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Religion was the law of the family, and the bond of delightful union.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • It asks no other bond than his promise, no other evidence or attestation than his veracity.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • You'll pay the bond now, I suppose, to save us trouble afterwards.'
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • It was strange, it was touching, to see the bond between father and son.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • But there was a change, and the bond seemed suddenly loosened.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • "Wait a minute, Bond," he said as he handed me the dispatch.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • Here be men who would destroy Bastilles for you, if it were nominated in the bond.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

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