bonds

Speech parts

1. bonds - Noun

2. bonds - Verb

Meaning

bonds

plural of bond

imprisonment, captivity

the condition of goods in a bonded warehouse until duty is paid

bonds

third-person singular simple present indicative of bond

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Synonyms

chian stock confinement bail adhesion irons bondage enslavement delimitation apposition handcuffs chemical bond preferred stock debt instrument communisation
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Antonyms

argument inventory incompatibility stocking real estate disputation
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Phrases with the word

having double bonds bearer bonds performance bonds covalent bonds between two atoms deep-discounted bonds discount bonds

Examples

Where the husband, and the wife, and the children are in accord and united by the bonds of virtue, there is Christ among them. John Chrysostom

A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky. Yoshida Kenkō

The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas or the errors of autocracy. John Maynard Keynes

Gentlemen prefer bonds. Andrew Mellon

We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but it was a guarantee, it was not a grant. And we not only paid it off, but we paid it off ahead of time. David Dinkins

Woe to him who fails in his obligations. • He is a sorry wretch who fails to keep his bonds. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Bondoc bondomer Bondophile bondservant bondslave bondslavery