What is Bond?
{{Wiktionary|bond}} Uses of '''bond''', '''bonds''', '''bonded''', and '''bonding''': {{TOCright}} == Financial bonds == * [[Bond (finance)]], in finance, a debt security, issued by Issuer ** [[Government bond]], a bond issued by a national government ** [[Bond market]], a [[financial market]] for bonds * [[Investment bond]], a life assurance based single premium investment * A [[surety bond]] is a three party contract, where the ''surety'' promises to pay the ''obligee'' for non-performance or dishonesty by the ''principal''. Workers in many jobs must be bonded. [http://www.faqfarm.com/Q/What_does_'Have_you_ever_been_bonded'_mean] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061127084011/http://www.faqfarm.com/Q/What_does_%2527Have_you_ever_been_bonded%2527_mean |date=2006-11-27 }} ** A [[performance bond]] is a surety bond for completion of work under a contract ** A [[bail bond]] is a surety bond for return of a person to a court * [[Tenancy bond]] (or [[damage deposit]]), a deposit taken by a landlord in relation to rental of a property * [[Catastrophe bond]] (or cat bond), a form of [[reinsurance]] * [[Bonded labor]] (or debt bondage) is a system of servitude where someone must work to pay off a debt == Physical sciences == * [[Bond number]], in [[fluid mechanics]], a dimensionless number expressing the ratio of [[Gravity|gravitational]] forces to [[surface tension]] forces * [[Chemical bond]], the physical phenomenon of chemical substances being held together by attraction of atoms ** [[Covalent bond]], a chemical bond between two non-metals ** [[Ionic bond]], bonding of a non-metal and a metal ** [[Metallic bond]], bonding between atoms and metals * [[Bond albedo]] is a measure of [[electromagnetic radiation]] of an astronomical body * A [[bond graph]] is a graphical description of a physical dynamic system == Social sciences == <!-- I am calling biology a social science, because pair bonding is psychological bonding in animals. See Comparative psychology --> * In biology, a [[pair bond]] is the st