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

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 *

I'm a bond man.
p. 10.2

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

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 *

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. 56.1

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

bonds = loan certificates that entitle the certificate owner to receive future payments for a loan

Definitions:

(1) (bond as in: a close bond)
a close connection; or to form such a connection; or something that holds things together (creates a connection)
(2) (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
(3) (bond as in: released on a $10,000 bond)
an amount of money a court orders a defendant to pay to be released from jail prior to a trial (The money is returned after trial, but is collected to help assure the defendant will appear at trial.)
(4) (bonded as in: all our employees are bonded)
insured to cover any loss resulting from dishonesty
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

Less commonly, bond can refer to:
- a formal or sincere agreement
- a duty
- a specific way that atoms are held together
- a type of paper
- a specific way of laying bricks
- something used to tie things together or prevent free movement