单词 | bond |
释义 | bond bond /; AmE / noun [C]
APPEAL BOND, BID BOND, COMPLETION BOND, CORPORATE BOND, CUSTOMS BOND, DEBENTURE BOND, EXTERNAL BOND, FIDELITY BOND, FOREIGN BOND, GLOBAL BOND, GOVERNMENT BOND, INCOME BOND, INDEXED BOND, JUNK BOND, LONG BOND, MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE BOND, MORTGAGE BOND, MUNICIPAL BOND, PAR BOND, PERFORMANCE BOND, PROPERTY BOND, REVENUE BOND, SERIAL BOND, STRAIGHT BOND, SUSHI BOND, T-BOND, TREASURY BOND
1 (Finance ) an agreement by a government or an organization to pay back the money an investor has lent plus a fixed amount of interest on a particular date; a document containing this agreement: Government bonds are usually considered to be a safe investment. The company are to issue bonds backed by its revenue from travel insurance. They will launch a €2 bn bond issue to cut their debt. the bond market The government will buy back over $2 billion in twenty-year bonds maturing in 2018. We have met our financial forecasts and made our bond interest payments on time. See note at FOREIGN BOND
❖ to buy/hold/invest in/issue/redeem/sell/trade bonds ◆ high-yield/long-term/twenty-year bonds ◆ a bond broker/investor/trader
2 (Law ) (especially AmE) an amount of money that sb pays in case they fail to do what they have agreed to do: He was released on a $5 000 bond (= if he did not appear in court on a particular day he would lose the money). ⇨ BAIL
3 (Law ) a legal written agreement or promise
❖ to make/sign a bond
4 (Insurance ) a word used for certain kinds of insurance policy that protect companies from loss
IDIOMS
in bond (Trade ) (about imported goods) being held until the buyer pays any necessary import taxes and other charges ⇨ BONDED WAREHOUSE |
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