bond

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɒnd/
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• General-American: /bɑnd/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /bɔnd/
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• rhymes with -ɒnd
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• CMU ARPABET: B AA1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

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”)، from Proto-Indo-European *bhendh- (“to tie; bond, band”). Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Swedish band. Doublet of Bund. Related to bind.

Inherited from Middle English bonden.

173 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: Бонд — surname
• Catalan: Pagès — surname
• Chinese Mandarin: 邦德 (Bāngdé) — surname
• Finnish: velkakirja — legal: evidence of a long-term debt
• German: Anleihe — legal: evidence of a long-term debt
• Hungarian: kötelezvény — legal: evidence of a long-term debt
• Hungarian: ígérvény — legal: evidence of a long-term debt
• Hungarian: kötelezettségvállalás — legal: evidence of a long-term debt
• Hungarian: kötelem — legal: evidence of a long-term debt
• Armenian: պարտատոմս (partatoms) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Catalan: obligació — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Chinese Mandarin: 債券 /债券 (zhàiquàn) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Czech: dluhopis — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Danish: obligation — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Dutch: obligatie — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Finnish: joukkovelkakirja — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Finnish: bondi — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• French: obligation — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Georgian: ობლიგაცია (obligacia) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• German: Schuldverschreibung — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• German: Obligation — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍅𐍄𐍃𐌾𐍉 (kawtsjō) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Greek: ομόλογο (omólogo) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Hungarian: kötvény — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Hungarian: kölcsönkötvény — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Indonesian: obligasi — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Italian: obbligazione — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Italian: vincolo — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Japanese: 債券 (saiken) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Korean: 채권 (chaegwon) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Macedonian: обврзница (obvrznica) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Malay: bon — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Norwegian Bokmål: obligasjon — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Polish: zobowiązanie — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Polish: obligacja — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Portuguese: vínculo — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Russian: облига́ция (obligácija) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Russian: бонд (bond) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Scottish Gaelic: bann — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Slovene: obveznica — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Swahili: fungo — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Swahili: hati fungani — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Swedish: obligation — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Tagalog: panagot — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Turkish: senet — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Ukrainian: обліга́ція (oblihácija) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Uyghur: زايوم (zayom) — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Vietnamese: trái phiếu — finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
• Finnish: käsiraha — partial payment by a customer to secure a product
• Māori: moni here — partial payment by a customer to secure a product
• Spanish: garantía — partial payment by a customer to secure a product
• Spanish: buena voluntad — partial payment by a customer to secure a product
• Dutch: band — that which binds, a band
• Esperanto: ligilo — that which binds, a band
• Finnish: side — that which binds, a band
• Finnish: kahle — that which binds, a band
• French: lien — that which binds, a band
• French: entrave — that which binds, a band
• German: Band — that which binds, a band
• Ancient Greek: δεσμός (desmós) — that which binds, a band
• Hungarian: bilincs — that which binds, a band
• Hungarian: béklyó — that which binds, a band
• Hungarian: gúzs — that which binds, a band
• Italian: legaccio — that which binds, a band
• Italian: stringa — that which binds, a band
• Italian: laccio — that which binds, a band
• Latin: vinculum — that which binds, a band
• Māori: hononga — that which binds, a band
• Occitan: ligam — that which binds, a band
• Polish: więzy — that which binds, a band
• Portuguese: ligação — that which binds, a band
• Quechua: watana — that which binds, a band
• Russian: око́вы (okóvy) — that which binds, a band
• Russian: у́зы (úzy) — that which binds, a band
• Scottish Gaelic: cuibhreach — that which binds, a band
• Tocharian B: śanmau — that which binds, a band
• Ukrainian: кайда́ни (kajdány) — that which binds, a band
• Catalan: llaç — emotional link, connection or union
• Catalan: vincle — emotional link, connection or union
• Esperanto: ligilo — emotional link, connection or union
• Finnish: side — emotional link, connection or union
• French: lien — emotional link, connection or union
• Galician: vencello — emotional link, connection or union
• Ancient Greek: ἀρθμός (arthmós) — emotional link, connection or union
• Hungarian: kötelék — emotional link, connection or union
• Hungarian: kapocs — emotional link, connection or union
• Italian: legame — emotional link, connection or union
• Italian: vincolo — emotional link, connection or union
• Italian: collante — emotional link, connection or union
• Italian: cemento — emotional link, connection or union
• Kabuverdianu: élu — emotional link, connection or union
• Māori: roi — emotional link, connection or union
• Occitan: ligam — emotional link, connection or union
• Polish: więź — emotional link, connection or union
• Portuguese: ligação — emotional link, connection or union
• Russian: связь (svjazʹ) — emotional link, connection or union
• Russian: у́зы (úzy) — emotional link, connection or union
• Spanish: lazo — emotional link, connection or union
• Swedish: band — emotional link, connection or union
• Ukrainian: зв'язо́к (zvʺjazók) — emotional link, connection or union
• Finnish: velvollisuus — moral or political duty or obligation
• Finnish: velvoite — moral or political duty or obligation
• Hungarian: kötelezettség — moral or political duty or obligation
• Azerbaijani: rabitə — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Czech: vazba — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Dutch: binding — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Finnish: sidos — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• French: liaison — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Hungarian: kötés — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Italian: legame — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Korean: 결합 (gyeolhap) — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Māori: hononga — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Norwegian Bokmål: binding — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Norwegian Nynorsk: binding — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Occitan: ligason — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Polish: wiązanie — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Portuguese: ligação — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Romanian: legătură — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Russian: связь (svjazʹ) — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Slovene: vez — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Spanish: enlace — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Swedish: bindning — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Tagalog: bigkis — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Ukrainian: зв'язо́к (zvʺjazók) — chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
• Finnish: sitoumus — binding agreement, covenant
• French: alliance — binding agreement, covenant
• Italian: accordo — binding agreement, covenant
• Italian: alleanza — binding agreement, covenant
• Latin: nexus — binding agreement, covenant
• Polish: więź — binding agreement, covenant
• Portuguese: laço — binding agreement, covenant
• Portuguese: vínculo — binding agreement, covenant
• Romanian: alianță — binding agreement, covenant
• Russian: обяза́тельство (objazátelʹstvo) — binding agreement, covenant
• Russian: соглаше́ние (soglašénije) — binding agreement, covenant
• Slovene: zaveza — binding agreement, covenant
• Spanish: lazo — binding agreement, covenant
• Spanish: vínculo — binding agreement, covenant
• Ukrainian: зобов'за́ння (zobovʺzánnja) — binding agreement, covenant
• Finnish: liima — any constraining or cementing force or material
• Hungarian: kötés — any constraining or cementing force or material
• Hungarian: ragasztás — any constraining or cementing force or material
• Sicilian: attaccagghia — any constraining or cementing force or material
• Catalan: aparell — specific pattern of bricklaying
• French: appareil — specific pattern of bricklaying
• Polish: wątek — specific pattern of bricklaying
• Portuguese: aparelho — specific pattern of bricklaying
• Portuguese: ajuste — specific pattern of bricklaying
• Portuguese: amarração — specific pattern of bricklaying
• Spanish: aparejo — specific pattern of bricklaying
• Bulgarian: свързвам (svǎrzvam) — to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind
• Finnish: kiinnittää — to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind
• Finnish: sitoa — to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind
• Finnish: kahlehtia — to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind
• French: lier — to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind
• Italian: legare — to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind
• Italian: cementare — to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind
• Italian: collegare — to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind
• Spanish: pegar — to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind
• Hungarian: ragaszt — to cause to adhere (one material with another)
• Hungarian: összeragaszt — to cause to adhere (one material with another)
• Hungarian: összeköt — to cause to adhere (one material with another)
• Bulgarian: свързвам се (svǎrzvam se) — chemistry: to form a chemical compound with
• Finnish: muodostaa sidos — chemistry: to form a chemical compound with
• Finnish: sitoutua — chemistry: to form a chemical compound with
• Hungarian: vegyületet képez — chemistry: to form a chemical compound with
• Hungarian: kapcsolódik — chemistry: to form a chemical compound with
• Hungarian: összekapcsolódik — chemistry: to form a chemical compound with
• Finnish: sitoutua — to form a friendship or emotional connection
• Hungarian: kötődik — to form a friendship or emotional connection
• Hungarian: vámzár alá helyez — to put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid
• Hungarian: vámszabad raktárban elhelyez — to put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid
• French: appareiller — construction: to lay bricks in a specific pattern