All 8 Uses of
bond
in
The Great Gatsby
- Instead of being the warm centre of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe — so I decided to go East and learn the bond business.
p. 3..5 (definition 1)bond = (buying and selling) certificates for which a government or corporation pays a specific interest rate for a cash loan for a specific period of time
- Everybody I knew was in the bond business, so I supposed it could support one more single man.
p. 3..6 (definition 1) *
- I'm a bond man.
p. 10..2 (definition 1)bond = in the business of buying and selling certificates for which a government or corporation pays a specific interest rate for a cash loan for a specific period of time
- I was sure that they were selling something: bonds or insurance or automobiles.
p. 42..2 (definition 1)bonds = loan certificates that entitle the certificate owner to receive future payments for a loan
- Then, taking a long breath and straightening his shoulders, he remarked in a determined voice: "Wonder'ff tell me where there's a gas'line station? " At least a dozen men, some of them little better off than he was, explained to him that wheel and car were no longer joined by any physical bond.
p. 55..4 (definition 2) *bond = connection
- I knew the other clerks and young bond-salesmen by their first names, and lunched with them in dark, crowded restaurants on little pig sausages and mashed potatoes and coffee.
p. 56..2 (definition 1)bond = certificates for which a government or corporation pays a specific interest rate for a cash loan for a specific period of time
- You're selling bonds, aren't you, old sport?
p. 82..9 (definition 1)bonds = loan certificates that entitle the certificate owner to receive future payments for a loan
- They picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counter.
p. 166..8 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (bond as in: the bond market) a certificate issued by a government or corporation that promises to pay a debt with interest in return for a loan
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(2) (bond as in: a close bond) a close connection; or to form such a connection; or something that holds things together (creates a connection)