Bond vs. Link

Bondnoun

(legal) 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.

Linknoun

A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.

‘The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.’;

Bondnoun

(finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.

‘Many say that government and corporate bonds are a good investment to balance against a portfolio consisting primarily of stocks.’;

Linknoun

One element of a chain or other connected series.

‘The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.’; ‘The weakest link.’;

Bondnoun

A physical connection which binds, a band; often plural.

‘The prisoner was brought before the tribunal in iron bonds.’;

Linknoun

(computing) The connection between buses or systems.

‘A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.’;

Bondnoun

An emotional link, connection or union.

‘They had grown up as friends and neighbors, and not even vastly differing political views could break the bond of their friendship.’;

Linknoun

(mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.

Bondnoun

Moral or political duty or obligation.

Linknoun

(Sussex) a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.

Bondnoun

(chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.

‘Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbon bonds, in their many variations.’;

Linknoun

(figurative) an individual person or element in a system

Bondnoun

A binding agreement, a covenant.

‘You could rely on him. His word was his bond.’; ‘Herbert resented his wife for subjecting him to the bonds of matrimony; he claimed they had gotten married while drunk.’;

Linknoun

Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.

‘a link of horsehair’;

Bondnoun

A bail bond.

‘The bailiff released the prisoner as soon as the bond was posted.’;

Linknoun

A sausage that is not a patty.

Bondnoun

Any constraining or cementing force or material.

‘A bond of superglue adhered the teacups to the ceiling, much to the consternation of the cafe owners.’;

Linknoun

(kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.

Bondnoun

(construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying.

Linknoun

(engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.

Bondnoun

In Scotland, a mortgage.

Linknoun

(surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.

Bondnoun

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

Linknoun

(chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.

Bondnoun

A peasant; churl.

Linknoun

(plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.

Bondnoun

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

Linknoun

(obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.

Bondverb

(transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.

‘The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.’;

Linkverb

(transitive) To connect two or more things.

Bondverb

(transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).

‘The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage.’;

Linkverb

To contain a hyperlink to another page.

‘My homepage links to my wife's.’;

Bondverb

To form a chemical compound with.

‘Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.’;

Linkverb

To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.

‘Haven't you seen his Web site? I'll link you to it.’;

Bondverb

(transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.

‘The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter.’;

Linkverb

To post a hyperlink to.

‘Stop linking those unfunny comics all the time!’;

Bondverb

To form a friendship or emotional connection.

‘The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam.’;

Linkverb

(transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between two things.

Bondverb

(transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse.

Linkverb

(compilation) To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.

Bondverb

To lay bricks in a specific pattern.

Linkverb

To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly. en

Bondverb

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

‘A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.’;

Linknoun

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

Bondverb

To bail out by means of a bail bond.

Linknoun

A single ring or division of a chain.

Bondadjective

Subject to the tenure called bondage.

Linknoun

Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond.

‘The link of brotherhood, by whichOne common Maker bound me to the kind.’; ‘And so by double links enchained themselves in lover's life.’;

Bondadjective

In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.

Linknoun

Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair.

Bondadjective

Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.

‘bond fear’;

Linknoun

Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.

Bondnoun

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.

‘Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder,I gained my freedom.’;

Linknoun

Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.

Bondnoun

The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint.

Linknoun

The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4.

Bondnoun

A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.

‘A people with whom I have no tie but the common bond of mankind.’;

Linknoun

A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; - applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.

Bondnoun

Moral or political duty or obligation.

‘I love your majestyAccording to my bond, nor more nor less.’;

Linknoun

Sausages; - because linked together.

Bondnoun

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum.

Linknoun

A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank between cultivated fields, etc.

Bondnoun

A financial instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; a written promise to pay a specific sum of money on or before a specified day, given in return for a sum of money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.

Linknoun

A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a winding; a meander; - usually in pl.

‘The windings or "links" of the Forth above and below Stirling are extremely tortuous.’;

Bondnoun

The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.

Linknoun

Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc.

‘Golf may be played on any park or common, but its original home is the "links" or common land which is found by the seashore, where the short close tuft, the sandy subsoil, and the many natural obstacles in the shape of bents, whins, sand holes, and banks, supply the conditions which are essential to the proper pursuit of the game.’;

Bondnoun

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English bond or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.

Linknoun

Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played; a golf course.

Bondnoun

A unit of chemical attraction between atoms; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. Also called chemical bond. It is often represented in graphic formulæ by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence. Several types of bond are distinguished by chemists, as double bond, triple bond, covalent bond, hydrogen bond.

Linkverb

To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.

‘All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.’;

Bondnoun

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

Linkverb

To be connected.

‘No one generation could link with the other.’;

Bondnoun

League; association; confederacy.

‘The Africander Bond, a league or association appealing to African, but practically to Boer, patriotism.’;

Linknoun

the means of connection between things linked in series

Bondnoun

A vassal or serf; a slave.

Linknoun

a fastener that serves to join or link;

‘the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction’;

Bondverb

To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.

Linknoun

the state of being connected;

‘the connection between church and state is inescapable’;

Bondverb

To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.

Linknoun

a connecting shape

Bondadjective

In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.

‘By one Spirit are we all baptized . . . whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free.’;

Linknoun

a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain

Bondnoun

an electrical force linking atoms

Linknoun

(computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

Bondnoun

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

Linknoun

a channel for communication between groups;

‘he provided a liaison with the guerrillas’;

Bondnoun

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’;

Linknoun

a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network

Bondnoun

(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’;

Linknoun

an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data

Bondnoun

a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

Linkverb

make a logical or causal connection;

‘I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind’; ‘colligate these facts’; ‘I cannot relate these events at all’;

Bondnoun

a connection that fastens things together

Linkverb

connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces;

‘Can you connect the two loudspeakers?’; ‘Tie the ropes together’; ‘Link arms’;

Bondnoun

a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

Linkverb

be or become joined or united or linked;

‘The two streets connect to become a highway’; ‘Our paths joined’; ‘The travelers linked up again at the airport’;

Bondnoun

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)

Linkverb

link with or as with a yoke;

‘yoke the oxen together’;

Bondnoun

British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

Bondnoun

the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

Bondverb

stick to firmly;

‘Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?’;

Bondverb

create social or emotional ties;

‘The grandparents want to bond with the child’;

Bondverb

issue bonds on

Bondverb

bring together in a common cause or emotion;

‘The death of their child had drawn them together’;

Bondadjective

held in slavery;

‘born of enslaved parents’;