(a) = government paper n.; †(b) slang handcuffs; fetters (obsolete).

attributive. Sword-blade bond, Sword-blade note, one of the securities issued by the Sword-blade Company, a speculative company in London…

a bond which matures after a long period of time, typically twenty or more years.

bonds, exchequer-bills, etc., issued by a government.

A certificate of a money claim or the like; spec. an indented certificate issued by the U.S. Government, or by a state government, at the end of the…

A bond earning no interest but eligible for lotteries; spec. (in full Premium Savings Bond) since 1956, a British government security that offers…

Finance. British. A bond that begins to accrue interest upon issue. Cf. sense A. 5b. Obsolete.

a bond which entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, the payment of which takes priority over that of ordinary bonds.

a bond issued by a government or public company, purchased as a means of investment, and offering a return comprising interest payments and capital…

(a) U.S. a bond secured by a mortgage and issued by a mortgage lender; (b) South African a mortgage (sense 2a).

a type of bond which is issued to raise funds for a specific public project, and is redeemable against the project's future revenue.

A security issued by a local authority or its agent to finance local projects, the interest on which is generally exempt from federal income tax…

an exchequer bond.

plural. In various elliptic uses. Bonds bearing interest at 6 per cent.

(a) Finance a bond or share in property; (b) U.S. a bail bond in the form of property.

U.S. In plural. Short for government securities n.

= preference bond n. at preference, n. compounds.

U.S. Finance slang. = municipal bond, n. Usually in plural.

bonds of a corporation or company, the interest of which is not cumulative, secured by a lien upon the net income of each several year, after…

Finance. In early use: a bond redeemable after one year. In later use usually: British a bond issued by a local authority, typically redeemable…

(a) one born during a war, esp. an (illegitimate) child of a man on active service; (b) slang a young or inexperienced officer; (c) U.S. slang a bond…

any of a series of interest-bearing war bonds issued by the U.S. government in 1917–18; cf. Liberty Loan n.

(a) a loan raised by the Russian provisional government in 1917 following the February Revolution; (b) each of the four issues of Liberty Bonds…

a bond issued by the Canadian and British governments during or immediately after the war of 1914–18.

North American Finance. In plural. Securities or bonds issued by a private company (as opposed to those issued by a government, etc.). Cf. corporate…

a bond issued by a bank, etc., guaranteeing the fulfilment of a particular contract.

A convertible bond, etc.

a bond issued in a Eurocurrency (cf sense affix 3).

(a) adj. of or designating a Eurobond, Euro-issue, etc., having the right of conversion into another type of security; (b) n. a Eurobond…

a bond which is invested by a fund manager on behalf of the owner.

= municipal bond, n. Usually in plural.

(a familiar name for) an index-linked National Savings certificate available originally only to a person of pensionable age.

Stock Exchange jargon. bulldog bond, a sterling bond issued by an overseas borrower. Also bulldog issue, bulldog market, etc., and absol.

Finance. = Eurobond n. at Euro-, comb._form affix 4.

Short for granny bond n. at compounds 2.

U.S. Commerce. In full strip bond: a fixed-interest bond of which the principal and interest coupons are sold separately to investors. Cf. strip, v.1…

Finance. Short for zero-coupon bond at compounds 2.