What is the meaning of Bond?

noun

• An electrical force linking atoms.
  • synonyms: chemical bond
• 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.
  • synonyms: bond certificate
• A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest.
  • usage: "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"
  • synonyms: alliance
• Criminal law. ( money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial)
  • usage: "the judge set bail at $10, 000"; "a $10, 000 bond was furnished by an alderman"
  • synonyms: bail, bail bond
• A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner.
  • synonyms: shackle, hamper, trammel
• A connection that fastens things together.
  • synonyms: attachment
• A superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents.
  • synonyms: bond paper
• 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.
  • synonyms: Julian Bond
• British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming.
  • synonyms: James Bond
• The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition.
  • usage: "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"
  • synonyms: adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence

verb

• Stick to firmly.
  • usage: "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall"
  • synonyms: adhere, hold fast, bind, stick, stick to
• Create social or emotional ties.
  • usage: "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
  • synonyms: bind, tie, attach
• Issue bonds on.
• Bring together in a common cause or emotion.
  • usage: "The death of their child had drawn them together"
  • synonyms: bring together, draw together