Moral or political duty or obligation.
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.
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 bail bond.
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.
Subject to the tenure called bondage.
In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.
Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.
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.
A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
The act of settling.
A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
The state of being settled.
A resolution of a dispute.
A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.
The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).
A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.