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A strong force of attraction holding atoms together in a molecule or crystal. Typically chemical bonds have energies of about 1000 kJ mol⁻¹ and are distinguished from the much weaker forces between molecules (see van der Waals' force). There are various types. Ionic (or electrovalent) bonds can be formed by transfer of electrons. For instance, the calcium atom has an electron configuration of [Ar]4s², i.e. it has two electrons in its outer shell. The chlorine atom is [Ne]3s ²3p⁵, with seven outer electrons. If the calcium atom transfers two electrons, one to each chlorine atom, it becomes a Ca²⁺ ion with the stable configuration of an inert gas [Ar]. At the same time each chlorine, having gained one electron, becomes a Cl⁻ ion, also with an inert-gas configuration [Ar]. The bonding in calcium chloride is the electrostatic attraction between the ions. Covalent bonds are formed by sharing of valence electrons rather than by transfer. For instance, hydrogen atoms have one outer electron (1s ¹). In the hydrogen molecule, H₂, each atom contributes 1 electron to the bond. Consequently, each hydrogen atom has control of 2 electrons – one of its own and the second from the other atom – giving it the electron configuration of an inert gas [He]. In the water molecule, H₂O, the oxygen atom, with six outer electrons, gains control of an extra two electrons supplied by the two hydrogen atoms. This gives it the configuration [Ne]. Similarly, each hydrogen atom gains control of an extra electron from the oxygen, and has the [He] electron configuration.

A particular type of covalent bond is one in which one of the atoms supplies both the electrons. These are known as coordinate (semipolar or dative) bonds, and written A→B, where the direction of the arrow denotes the direction in which electrons are donated.

Covalent or coordinate bonds in which one pair of electrons is shared are electron-pair bonds and are known as single bonds. Atoms can also share two pairs of electrons to form double bonds or three pairs in triple bonds. See orbital.

In a compound such as sodium chloride, Na⁺Cl⁻, there is probably complete transfer of electrons in forming the ionic bond (the bond is said to be heteropolar). Alternatively, in the hydrogen molecule H-H, the pair of electrons is equally shared between the two atoms (the bond is homopolar). Between these two extremes, there is a whole range of intermediate bonds, which have both ionic and covalent contributions. Thus, in hydrogen chloride, H-Cl, the bonding is predominantly covalent with one pair of electrons shared between the two atoms. However, the chlorine atom is more electronegative than the hydrogen and has more control over the electron pair; i.e. the molecule is polarized with a positive charge on the hydrogen and a negative charge on the chlorine, forming a dipole. See also banana bond; hydrogen bond; metallic bond; multicentre bond; multiple bond.

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Interest-bearing or discounted certificate of indebtedness, paying a fixed rate of interest over the life of the obligation, hence the name fixed income security. The issuer is obligated by a written agreement (the bond Indenture) to pay the holder a specific sum of money, usually semiannually but sometimes at maturity, as is the case with Zero-Coupon Bonds and the face value, or Par Value of the certificate at maturity. Bonds are long-term obligations, meaning they have maturities of five years, and frequently, ten years or longer.

Bondholders have different rights than stockholders; the holder of a bond has a claim against the issuer as provided in the indenture, but has no ownership rights, as stockholders have. A Convertible bond, however, may be swapped for common stock. Most convertibles are Debentures or unsecured promises to pay.

Bonds, even though they pay only a fixed rate of interest, and thus are vulnerable to a decline in price when interest rates are rising, are popular with financial institutions for a number of reasons. They allow the issuer to raise additional capital without selling stock, through the financial technique known as Leverage issuers, by selling bonds secured by loans, are able to liquify the balance sheet, by converting balance sheet assets (residential mortgages, leases, credit card receivables) into marketable securities. Banks, individual investors, and insurance companies are major buyers of bonds.

Typically, bonds are classified by several different categories:

Collateral Backing-fully unsecured promise to pay a Debenture or bonds secured by mortgages or claims to specific assets, for example, Asset-Backed Securities .

Maturity-single maturity term bond or Serial Bond having several maturities.

Method of transfer-book entry registered on the books of a central depository; Bearer Bond payable to the holder; or Registered Bond.

Price-Discount bond, sold at an Original Issue Discount from face value or premium bond, sold Above Par.

See also Accrual Bond; Bond Equivalent Yield; Bond Rating; Book-Entry Security; Controlled Amortization Bond; Eurobond; Industrial Development Bond; I-Bonds; Inflation-Indexed Securities; Junk Bond; Mortgage Backed Bond; Private Purpose Bond; Public Purpose Bond; Savings Bond; State and Local Bonds; Surety Bond; Treasury Bond; Yankee Bond; Yen Bond.

noun

1. Something that physically confines the legs or arms: chain (used in plural), fetter, handcuff (often used in plural), hobble, iron (used in plural), manacle, restraint, shackle. Archaic gyve. See free/unfree.
2. That which unites or binds: knot, ligament, ligature, link, nexus, tie, vinculum, yoke. See connect.
3. A legally binding arrangement between parties: agreement, compact, contract, convention, covenant, pact. See agree/disagree.
4. The close physical union of two objects: adherence, adhesion, cohesion. See connect.
5. Money supplied for the temporary release of an arrested person that guarantees appearance of that person for trial: bail. See law.

verb

To hold fast: adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, stick. See connect.

Definition: fasten; stick
Antonyms: let go, loosen, open, unfasten, unstick

1. A financial guarantee by a surety company that work will be completed as described in a contract. Also see bid bond, completion bond, contract bond, labor and material payment bond, performance bond, surety bond.
2. See roofing bond.
3. The adhesive strength that prevents delamination of the plies of a built-up roofing membrane.
4. The union of materials by their adhesive or cohesive properties.
5. See bond timber.
6. An arrangement of masonry units (headers and stretchers) laid in a pattern that provides a brick wall with strength, stability, and in some cases, beauty, depending on the pattern. For descriptions of various masonry bonds, see American bond, basket-weave bond, Chinese bond, common bond, Dutch bond, English bond, English Cross bond, English garden wall bond, Flemish bond, Flemish garden wall bond, flying bond, header bond, in-and-out bond, monk bond, raking stretcher bond, rat-trap bond, rowlock bond, running bond, silver-lock bond, stack bond, stretcher bond, Sussex bond, Yorkshire bond.
7. A low-resistance electric conductor which joins two adjacent metal parts or structures.

That which links or holds one person to another.

Written documents by which a government, corporation, or individual — the obligor — promises to perform a certain act, usually the payment of a definite sum of money, to another — the obligee — on a certain date.

In most cases, a bond is issued by a public or private entity to an investor who, by purchasing the bond, loans the issuer money. Governments and corporations issue bonds to investors to raise capital. Each bond has a par value, or face value, and is issued at a fixed or variable interest rate; however, bonds can often be purchased for less or more than their par value. This means that the yield, or total return on a bond, varies based on the price the investor pays for the bond and the bond's interest rate. Generally, the more secure a bond is, or the stronger the assurance that the bond will be paid in full upon maturity, the less the bond will yield to the investor. Bonds that are not very secure investments tend to have higher returns. Junk bonds, for example, are high-risk, high-yield bonds. Except for the high-risk variety, bonds tend to be relatively solid, predictable investments, with prices that vary less than those of stocks on the stock market. As a result, litigation because of unpaid bond agreements has rarely proved necessary.

The most common type of bond is the simple bond. This bond is sold with a fixed interest rate and then redeemed at a set time. Several varieties of simple bonds exist. Municipal governments issue simple bonds to pay for public projects — schools, highways, stadiums, and so forth. The U.S. Treasury issues simple bonds to cover federal activities. Foreign governments issue simple bonds known as Yankee bonds, to U.S. investors. And corporations issue simple bonds to raise capital for modernization, expansion, and operating expenses.

Conditional bonds do not involve capital loans. Most of these bonds are obtained from persons or corporations that promise to pay, should they become liable. The payment is usually a nonrefundable fee or a percentage of the face value of the bond. A bail bond is a common type of conditional bond. With a bail bond, the person who posts the bond promises to pay the court a particular sum if the accused person fails to return to court for further proceedings on the date specified. Once a bond payer satisfies the terms of a conditional bond, the liability is discharged. If the bond goes into default (i.e., the obligations specified are not met) the amount becomes immediately due. Parties can also mutually decide to cancel a conditional bond.

The emergence of simple government and corporate bonds into the modern marketplace began with the economic boom of the 1920s. Immediately after World War I, the U.S. economy rewarded investors who were eager to see expansions in industrial growth. For most of the 1920s, until just before the Great Depression, interest rates remained low. The bond market became sophisticated enough to raise funds for the U.S. Treasury, domestic corporations, and foreign borrowers. It also proved useful during World War II, when the federal government depended on the sale of war bonds to finance its military efforts.

In the 1980s a different kind of boom in the U.S. economy sent the bond market in a more problematic direction. Even though high-yielding bonds tend to be less reliable investments than low-yielding ones, rapidly increasing business activity in the 1980s led to large-scale buying of these high-risk investments. Corporations successfully bought out the stock of other corporations by raising money through the sale of millions of dollars of junk bonds. (Junk bonds have been given low ratings when measured by standard investment criteria— hence the pejorative name.)

Troubles soon arose from the shaky foundation of the junk bond market. One of the country's leading figures in fostering junk bond investments, Michael R. Milken, faced government charges that he manipulated bond prices, traded on inside information, and bribed investment managers. Milken's image was further complicated by his working with the convicted stock baron Ivan F. Boesky. In April 1990, in Securities & Exchange Commission v. Milken, 1990 WL 455346, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. p. 95, 200 (S.D.N.Y. 1990), Milken pleaded guilty to six felonies, including conspiracy, securities fraud, and aiding and abetting the filing of a false document with the Securities and Exchange Commission. At the time of the initial settlement, Milken agreed to pay $600 million in fines and reparations. In November 1990, federal judge Kimba M. Wood sentenced Milken to ten years in jail. Milken served only two years of his sentence.

Problems have also arisen with bonds issued by governments. For instance, when California's Orange County issued $169 million in municipal bonds in June 1994, future taxes and other general revenues were expected to pay for the interest and principal of the bonds. But on December 6, 1994, the county filed Chapter Nine petitions in bankruptcy court. The county could not pay bond bearers, since the money set aside for them had been depleted. By 1995, losses in the Orange County investment pools approached $1.7 billion. Representatives of the county found themselves in court, being sued by the company representing investors. In In re County of Orange, 179 B.R. 185, 26 Bankr. Ct. Dec. 1050 (Bankr. C. D. Cal., 1995), the bankruptcy court denied bondholders' claims to county revenues derived after the Chapter Nine filing. The interests of bondholders were seriously injured.

Nevertheless, bonds continue as popular investments. Junk bonds especially have regained favor as a means for earning considerable returns. The relatively high interest rates of junk bonds have entailed risks for buyers, but Wall Street analysts have argued that the rewards of this return outweigh the dangers. Indeed, the bond market in general has even thrived in times of crisis.

See: securities.

A bond is a federal permit to produce and store wine commercially. A bonded winery is an enterprise that produces and stores wine under a bond that guarantees payment of the federal excise tax.

A security issued by a corporation or public body and usually carrying a fixed rate of interest and a set date, called the bond's maturity, for redemption of the principal. Like a stock, a bond is a type of investment, but unlike a stock, a bond has a definite, but not necessarily fixed, yield. Some bonds have a feature known as a call, which gives the borrower an option to pay off the principal of the bond before its maturity, the date when the bond is due to be redeemed. (See municipal bonds and Treasury bills.)

A debt investment in which an investor loans money to an entity (corporate or governmental) that borrows the funds for a defined period of time at a fixed interest rate. Bonds are used by companies, municipalities, states and U.S. and foreign governments to finance a variety of projects and activities.

Bonds are commonly referred to as fixed-income securities and are one of the three main asset classes, along with stocks and cash equivalents..

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The indebted entity (issuer) issues a bond that states the interest rate (coupon) that will be paid and when the loaned funds (bond principal) are to be returned (maturity date). Interest on bonds is usually paid every six months (semi-annually). The main categories of bonds are corporate bonds, municipal bonds, and U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and bills, which are collectively referred to as simply "Treasuries".

Two features of a bond - credit quality and duration - are the principal determinants of a bond's interest rate. Bond maturities range from a 90-day Treasury bill to a 30-year government bond. Corporate and municipals are typically in the three to 10-year range.

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1. or covalent bond a region of high electron density between atoms that arises, at least partly, from sharing of electrons and gives rise to an attractive force and a characteristic internuclear distance between the atoms. See coordination, dipolar bond, hydrogen bond.
2. the representation of a covalent bond in an extended chemical formula.
3. to join or link together (esp. chemical entities); to ligate (def. 1).

The linkage between atoms or radicals of a chemical compound, or the symbol representing this linkage and indicating the number and attachment of the valencies of an atom in constitutional formulas, e.g. H−O−H, H−C= C−H and can be represented by a pair of dots between atoms, e.g. H:O:H, H:C:::C:H.

• coordinate covalent b. — a covalent bond in which one of the bonded atoms furnishes both of the shared electrons.
• covalent b. — a chemical bond between two atoms or radicals formed by the sharing of a pair (single bond), two pairs (double bond) or three pairs of electrons (triple bond).
• disulfide b. — a strong covalent bond, −S−S−, important in linking polypeptide chains in proteins, the linkage arising as a result of the oxidation of the sulfhydryl (SH) groups of two molecules of cysteine.
• high-energy phosphate b. — an energy-rich phosphate linkage present in adenosine triphosphate (ATP), phosphocreatine and certain other biological molecules. On hydrolysis at pH 7 it yields about 8000 calories per mole, in contrast to the 3000 calories yielded by phosphate esters. The bond stores energy that is used to drive biochemical processes, such as the synthesis of macromolecules, contraction of muscles, and the production of the electrical potentials for nerve conduction.
• high-energy sulfur b. — an energy-rich sulfur linkage, the most important of which occurs in the acetyl-CoA molecule, the main source of energy in fatty acid biosynthesis.
• human–animal b. — the psychological interdependence between humans and companion animals.
• hydrogen b. — a weak, primarily electrostatic, bond between a hydrogen atom bound to a highly electronegative element (such as oxygen or nitrogen) in a given molecule, or part of a molecule, and a second highly electronegative atom in another molecule or in a different part of the same molecule.
• ionic b. — a chemical bond in which electrons are transferred from one atom to another so that one bears a positive and the other a negative charge, the attraction between these opposite charges forming the bond.
• peptide b. — the −CO−NH− linkage formed between the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of another; it is an amide linkage joining amino acids to form peptides.
• phosphoanhydride b. — a high energy bond present in ATP.
• phosphodiester b. — links between nucleotides in nucleic acids.

The force that holds two or more units of matter together.

• Fashion, Trim, and Sewing - bonded: (adj) made of two layers of the same fabric, or of a fabric and lining material, attached to each other by a chemical process or adhesive

Look up bond in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Bond, bonds, bonded, and bonding may refer to:

• Peace-bonding, something which makes a weapon unusable as a weapon

Contents 1 Fiduciary 2 Judiciary 3 Physical sciences 4 Social sciences 4.1 Anthropology 5 Manufacturing, construction and electronics 6 Company and product names 7 Organizations 8 Entertainment 9 Places 9.1 United States 10 People 11 See also

Fiduciary

• Bond market
• Bond (finance), in finance, a type of debt security
  • Government bond, a bond issued by a national government
    • War bonds, a type of government bond used to raise funding for a war effort
  • Municipal bond, a bond issued by a city or local government
  • Corporate bond, a bond issued by a corporation
  • Mortgage bond, in South Africa a bond or mortgage bond is the usual term for property mortgage.
• Insurance bond (or investment bond), a life assurance-based single premium investment
• Surety bond, a three party contract, where the surety promises to pay the obligee for non-performance or dishonesty by the principal
  • Performance bond, a surety bond for completion of work under a contract
  • Bail bond agent, or bail bondsman, a person or corporation providing a surety bond for return of a person to a court
• Tenancy bond (or damage deposit), a deposit taken by a landlord in relation to rental of a property
• Catastrophe bond (or cat bond), a form of reinsurance
• Bonded labor (or debt bondage), a system of servitude where someone must work to pay off a debt
• Bond of association, a basic building block of credit unions and co-operative banks
• Bond vigilante, a form of political protest by selling bonds

Judiciary

• Peace bond, a protection order from a Canadian court
• Bond of manrent, a Scottish clan treaty
• Bond of Association, a British legal document from the 16th century
• Bond v. United States (2000), a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding the fourth amendment
• Bond v The Queen, a 2000 High Court of Australia case

Physical sciences

• Bond number, in fluid mechanics, a dimensionless number expressing the ratio of gravitational forces to surface tension forces
• Chemical bond, the physical phenomenon of chemical substances being held together by attraction of atoms
  • Covalent bond, between nonmetals
  • Ionic bond, between metal and nonmetals
  • Metallic bond, between metals
• Bond albedo, a measure of the electromagnetic radiation reflected from an astronomical body
• Bond graph, a graphical description of a physical dynamic system
• Bond fluctuation model, a lattice model for simulating the conformation and dynamics of polymer systems
• The Bond (Chinese constellation), both a mansion in the White Tiger constellation and an asterism within that mansion
• Bond Crater, a crater on Mars

Social sciences

• Pair bond, in biology, the strong affinity that develops in some species between the male and female in a breeding pair, or, sometimes, between individuals of the same sex
  • Human bonding
  • Maternal bond
  • Paternal bond
  • Male bonding
  • Female bonding
  • Affectional bond

Anthropology

• Village-bonded society
• Land-bonded society
• Lineage-bonded society

Manufacturing, construction and electronics

• Bond, the manner in which the bricks overlap as they are laid in brickwork
• Bond paper, a high quality durable writing paper
• Bonded leather (or reconstituted leather)
• Bottled in bond, referring to a type of American whiskey
• Bond store, another name for bonded warehouse, where alcohol may be held without tax under strict conditions
• "Bonding" may refer to a method for creating electric interconnects:
  • Chip bonding, method of wiring some chips (also from different manufactures) together on die an integrated circuit
  • Wire bonding, a method of making interconnections between a microchip and the outside world as part of semiconductor device fabrication
  • Ball bonding, a method very similar to wire bondin
• Channel bonding (or modem bonding), an arrangement in which two or more network interfaces on a host computer are combined
  • NIC bonding, an alternate name for link aggregation
• Electrical bonding, practice of connecting all metal objects in a room to protect from electric shock

Company and product names

• Bond (sheep), Australian breed of sheep
• Bond (wine), California cult wine producer
• Bonds (clothing), Australian clothing company
• Bond Clothing Stores, a former New York clothing company
• Bonds, formerly the name of a department store in Norwich, England, now called John Lewis Norwich
• Bonds, formerly the name of a department store in Chelmsford, Essex, now called Debenhams Chelmsford
• Bond Arms, a Texas gun manufacturer
• Bond Aviation Group, a British helicopter operator
  • Bond Offshore Helicopters, a subsidiary of the above
• Bond Cars Ltd, a small scale car manufacturer between 1949 and 1971:
  • Bond 875, three-wheeled motor car
  • Bond Bug, three-wheeled motor car
  • Bond Equipe, their first four-wheeled motor car
  • Bond Minicar, three-wheeled motor car
• BOND, RAD software tool
• Bond Street (cigarette), brand of cigarette
• The Bond Electraglide electric guitar, manufactured by Bond Guitars
• Bond Market Association, the former international trade association for the bond market industry
• Bond Wireless, an Australian wireless company

Organizations

• Afrikaner Bond, a political party in the Cape Colony in the 19th century
• bonding-studenteninitiative e.V., a German student organisation
• Church of the Universal Bond, a British religious group
• Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND), created By Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson
• Bond (for international development), the membership body for UK-based NGOs working in international development.

Entertainment

• The James Bond series of spy fiction originally created by Ian Fleming
  • James Bond (character), a British secret agent who is the central character in the series
  • James Bond novels, the original literary works by Fleming, plus works by other authors after Fleming's death (usually commissioned by the owner of the Fleming copyrights, a company now known as Ian Fleming Publications)
  • James Bond film series, a popular series of 23 films featuring Fleming's secret agent
  • Bond girl, the 'love' interest in a James Bond film
• Campion Bond, the fictional character from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• Bond (band), an Australian/British string quartet
  • Bond: Video Clip Collection, a video collection from the band
• The Bond, a film by Charlie Chaplin supporting Liberty bonds'
• "The Bonding", a third-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Bond Street (film), a 1948 British film

Places

• Bond Street, a major shopping street in the West End of London
  • Bond Street tube station
• Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia
  • Bond South Africa, South African campus of Bond University
• Bond Education Group, Toronto, Ontario
• Bond Head, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario
• Bond Head, Simcoe County, Ontario, part of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario
• Bond Island, Queensland, an island in the Torres Strait
• Bond Inlet, a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region in Canada
• Bonds, Lancashire, an English village

United States

• Bond, Colorado
• Bond County, Illinois
  • Bond County Community Unit School District 2
• Bond Township, Lawrence County, Illinois
• Bond, Mississippi
• Bond Hill, Ohio
• Bond Court Building, the former name of a highrise in Cleveland, Ohio
• Bond Falls, a waterfall in the Ontonagon River, Michigan
  • Bond Falls Scenic Site, a state park for the above waterfall
• Mount Bond, a mountain in Grafton County, New Hampshire
• Bond's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, an historic church in Missouri
• Bond House (disambiguation), various National Registered Historic Places in the United States

People

• Alan Bond (businessman) (born 1938), Australian businessman
• Edward Bond (born 1934) English playwright
• Edward A. Bond (1849–1929), NY State Engineer and Surveyor 1899-1904
• Edward August Bond (1813–1898), English scientist
• Francis Bond Head (1792–1875), Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada
• Gerald Bond (1909–1965), South African Test cricketer
• George Phillips Bond (1825–1865), American astronomer, son of William Cranch Bond (below)
• Graham Bond (1937–1974), an English musician, considered a founding father of the English rhythm and blues boom of the 1960s
• James Bond (ornithologist) (1900–1989), American ornithologist
• Julia Bond (born 1987), American porn star
• Kit Bond (born 1939), senior United States Senator of Missouri and member of the Republican Party
• John Bond (Born 1939), Irish American Business man, proprietor of "BOND45" restaurant, managing director of "Bond NYC" Properties
• Michael Bond (born 1926), English children's author
• Nigel Bond (born 1965), English snooker player
• Oliver Bond (died 1797), Irish revolutionary
• Ruskin Bond, Author
• Samantha Bond (born 1961), English actress, best known for her role of Miss Moneypenny in the fictional James Bond movies
• Shane Bond, Cricketer
• Steve Bond, Actor
• Ward Bond (1903–1960), American actor
• William Cranch Bond (1789–1859), American astronomer, father of George Phillips Bond (above)
• William K. Bond (1792–1864), American politician
• Bond Baronets
  • Sir Thomas Bond, 1st Baronet
  • Sir James Bond, 1st Baronet

See also

• Bonds (disambiguation)
• Bonde (disambiguation)
• Bondage (disambiguation)
• Bond Street (disambiguation)
• James Bond (disambiguation)
• Bond Head (disambiguation)
• Guarantee

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - tilsagn, forpligtelse
v. tr. - binde sammen
v. intr. - klæbe fast, hænge sammen

2.
n. - bånd

Nederlands (Dutch)
band, binding, verplichting, verbintenis, schakel, obligatie, vastlijmen, garant staan, zich verbinden, plakken, kleven, contract

Français (French)
1.
n. - obligation, contrat, engagement, lien, attachement, fers (npl), chaînes (npl), (Comm, Fin) bon, titre, entreposage (en attendant le paiement de la taxe), adhérence, (Constr) appareil, (Chim) liaison
v. tr. - (Comm) entreposer, coller, liaisonner, (Fin) lier (par une garantie financière), placer sous caution, se porter caution pour
v. intr. - coller, lier

2.
n. - ligue/association Afrikaner

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Band, Fessel, (econ.) Schuldverschreibung, Anleihe, Rente, (econ.) Zollverschluß, Verpflichtung, Bündnis, Bürge, Beziehung, Bindung, Mauerverband, (electr.) Strombrücke
v. - festkleben, verkleben, (econ.) unter Zollverschluß nehmen, verpfänden, (Steine) im Verband legen, gefühlsmäßig binden

2.
n. - (SAfrika) Bund, Konföderation

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δεσμός, δέσμευση, υπόσχεση, εγγύηση, εγγυητικό (έγγραφο), συνάφεια, (οικον.) ομόλογο, ομολογία, αποθήκη τελωνείου, συγκολλητικό, (χημ.) δεσμός, (ποιοτικό) χαρτί γραφής
v. - συνδέω, συγκολλώ, συναρμόζω, συνενώνω, συνδέω/-ομαι συναισθηματικά, δεσμεύω (σε αποθήκη του τελωνείου)

Italiano (Italian)
incollare, obbligazione, legame

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vínculo (m), contrato (m) (Jur.), carta (f) de fiança (Jur.), aglutinante (m) (Quím.)
v. - ligar, hipotecar, penhorar

Русский (Russian)
связывать, облигация, связь, поручительство

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - obligación, bono, contrato, alianza, compromiso, lazo, vínculo
v. tr. - pegar, adherir, hipotecar, hacer alianza, contratar, obligar
v. intr. - pegarse, adherirse, hipotecarse, obligarse, contratarse, comprometerse, vincularse

2.
n. - atadura, venda, faja, amarra

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - band, förbindelse, borgen, skuldsedel, tullnederlag, förband
v. - fästa, binda, intäckna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
结合, 契约, 债券, 以...作保, 使...粘合, 以...作抵押, 使结合, 粘合, 团结在一起

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 結合, 契約, 債券
v. tr. - 以...作保, 使...粘合, 以...作抵押, 使結合
v. intr. - 粘合, 團結在一起, 結合

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 끈, 속박, 계약
v. tr. - 저당하다, ~의 지불을 보증하다, ~을 잇다
v. intr. - 이어지다

2.
n. - 부하

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - きずな, 束縛, 契約, 証書, 債券, 保税倉庫留置, 接着剤, ボンド
v. - 接着する, 接着される, 保税倉庫に入れる, 保証人になる

idioms:

• savings bond    貯蓄債券

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رابطه, عروة, تعهد, عقد, سند, قيد, نظام صف الحجارة في البناء (فعل) قيد, ارتبط بتعهد, أودع بضاعه برسم الجمرك, لصق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קשר, תפיסה, אחיזה, התקשרות, התחייבות, איגרת חוב, דביקות, שטר-חוב, הנחת לבנים בצורה מסוימת לחיזוק הקיר‬
v. tr. - ‮איחסן במחסן ערובה, הדביק, נדבק, כבל, קשר רגשית, נאחז‬
v. intr. - ‮נדבק, נקשר רגשית ל-‬
n. - ‮אגודה או התאחדות של אפריקנרים (דרום-אפריקה)‬

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