All 4 Uses of

bond
in
Jane Eyre

This preparation for bonds, and the additional ignominy it inferred, took a little of the excitement out of me.†
p. 15.9 *

I'll get admitted there, and I'll stir up mutiny; and you, three-tailed bashaw as you are, sir, shall in a trice find yourself fettered amongst our hands: nor will I, for one, consent to cut your bonds till you have signed a charter, the most liberal that despot ever yet conferred.†
p. 310.8

Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:

It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty.†
p. 44.9

His voice was hoarse; his look that of a man who is just about to burst an insufferable bond and plunge headlong into wild license.†
p. 349.1 *

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