bond vs joint

bond

noun
  • A bail bond. 

  • An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie. 

  • A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule. 

  • Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds. 

  • A physical connection which binds, a band. 

  • A peasant; churl. 

  • A binding agreement, a covenant. 

  • Moral or political duty or obligation. 

  • A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond. 

  • In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength. 

  • A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture. 

  • A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior. 

  • A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit. 

  • Any constraining or cementing force or material. 

  • A mortgage. 

verb
  • To cause to adhere (one material with another). 

  • To guarantee or secure a financial risk. 

  • To lay bricks in a specific pattern. 

  • To bail out by means of a bail bond. 

  • To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors). 

  • To form a friendship or emotional connection. 

  • To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind. 

  • To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid. 

  • To form a chemical compound with. 

adj
  • Subject to the tenure called bondage. 

  • In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free. 

  • Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave. 

joint

noun
  • Prison. 

  • A marijuana cigarette. 

  • The point where two components of a structure join rigidly. 

  • The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure. 

  • A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied. 

  • The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations. 

  • A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries. 

  • The penis. 

  • The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate. 

  • Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened. 

  • A thing. 

  • A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint. 

adj
  • Done by two or more people or organisations working together. 

verb
  • To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. 

  • To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together 

  • To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do. 

  • To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. 

  • To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. 

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