| bail | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. bail, bail bond, bond | (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman" |
| ~ criminal law | the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment. |
| ~ recognisance, recognizance | (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. bail | the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial).; "he is out on bail" |
| ~ legal system | a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| v. (social) | 3. bail | release after a security has been paid. |
| ~ bail | secure the release of (someone) by providing security. |
| ~ free, loose, unloose, unloosen, liberate, release | grant freedom to; free from confinement. |
| v. (possession) | 4. bail | deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period. |
| ~ fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, turn in, deliver, render | to surrender someone or something to another.; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" |
| v. (communication) | 5. bail | secure the release of (someone) by providing security. |
| ~ guarantee, vouch | give surety or assume responsibility.; "I vouch for the quality of my products" |
| ~ bail | release after a security has been paid. |
| v. (change) | 6. bail | empty (a vessel) by bailing. |
| ~ bail | remove (water) from a vessel with a container. |
| ~ empty | make void or empty of contents.; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building" |
| v. (change) | 7. bail | remove (water) from a vessel with a container. |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ bail | empty (a vessel) by bailing. |
| bond | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. bond, chemical bond | an electrical force linking atoms. |
| ~ attraction, attractive force | the force by which one object attracts another. |
| ~ covalent bond | a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule. |
| ~ cross-link, cross-linkage | a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule. |
| ~ hydrogen bond | a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond. |
| ~ electrostatic bond, electrovalent bond, ionic bond | a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion. |
| ~ metallic bond | a chemical bond in which electrons are shared over many nuclei and electronic conduction occurs. |
| ~ peptide bond, peptide linkage | the primary linkage of all protein structures; the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide. |
| n. (possession) | 2. bond, bond certificate | 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. |
| ~ bond issue | bonds sold by a corporation or government agency at a particular time and identifiable by date of maturity. |
| ~ convertible bond | a bond that can be converted to other securities under certain conditions. |
| ~ corporate bond | a bond issued by a corporation; carries no claim to ownership and pays no dividends but payments to bondholders have priority over payments to stockholders.; "a corporate bond is a safer investment than common stock in the same company" |
| ~ bearer bond, coupon bond | a bond issued with detachable coupons that must be presented to the issuer for interest payments. |
| ~ government bond | a bond that is an IOU of the United States Treasury; considered the safest security in the investment world. |
| ~ high-yield bond, junk bond | a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower; issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit. |
| ~ municipal bond | a bond issued by a state or local government. |
| ~ noncallable bond | a bond containing a provision that the holder cannot redeem the security before a specific date (usually at maturity). |
| ~ performance bond, surety bond | a bond given to protect the recipient against loss in case the terms of a contract are not filled; a surety company assumes liability for nonperformance. |
| ~ post-obit bond | a bond made by a reversioner to secure a loan; payable out of his reversion. |
| ~ registered bond | a bond whose owner is recorded on the books of the issuer; can be transferred to another owner only when endorsed by the registered owner. |
| ~ revenue bond | a bond issued by an agency that is commissioned to finance public works; revenue from the public property is used to pay off the bond. |
| ~ secured bond | a bond that is back by collateral. |
| ~ debenture, debenture bond, unsecured bond | the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future. |
| ~ zero-coupon bond, zero coupon bond | a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security. |
| ~ certificate of indebtedness, debt instrument, obligation | a written promise to repay a debt. |
| ~ certificate, security | a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends.; "he held several valuable securities" |
| ~ premium bond | a government bond that bears no interest or capital gains but enters the holder into lotteries. |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. alliance, bond | a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest.; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them" |
| ~ connection, connectedness, connexion | a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it).; "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare" |
| ~ silver cord | the emotional bond between a mother and her offspring. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. bond, hamper, shackle, trammel | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner). |
| ~ ball and chain | heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain. |
| ~ fetter, hobble | a shackle for the ankles or feet. |
| ~ handcuff, handlock, manacle, cuff | shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs. |
| ~ chains, irons | metal shackles; for hands or legs. |
| ~ constraint, restraint | a device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. attachment, bond | a connection that fastens things together. |
| ~ connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion | an instrumentality that connects.; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" |
| ~ ligament | any connection or unifying bond. |
| n. (substance) | 6. bond, bond paper | a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents. |
| ~ writing paper | paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink; used for writing correspondence and manuscripts. |
| n. (person) | 7. bond, julian bond | 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). |
| ~ civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker | a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups. |
| n. (person) | 8. bond, james bond | British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming. |
| ~ character, fictional character, fictitious character | an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story).; "she is the main character in the novel" |
| n. (attribute) | 9. adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, bond | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition.; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion" |
| ~ stickiness | the property of sticking to a surface. |
| v. (contact) | 10. adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to | stick to firmly.; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" |
| ~ bind | form a chemical bond with.; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen" |
| ~ cling, cohere, adhere, cleave, stick | come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" |
| ~ attach | become attached.; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" |
| v. (social) | 11. attach, bind, bond, tie | create social or emotional ties.; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" |
| ~ relate | have or establish a relationship to.; "She relates well to her peers" |
| ~ fixate | attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way.; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40" |
| ~ befriend | become friends with.; "John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?" |
| v. (possession) | 12. bond | issue bonds on. |
| ~ mortgage | put up as security or collateral. |
| v. (contact) | 13. bond, bring together, draw together | bring together in a common cause or emotion.; "The death of their child had drawn them together" |
| ~ unify, unite | bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation.; "the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups" |
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