All 6 Uses

bond
in
Gone Girl
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Out on bond, awaiting trial.
p. 369.1 *

bond = refundable money paid to a court for release from jail prior to trial
I'd been processed and released—the depersonalized in-and-outing of jail, the bond hearing, the fingerprints and photos, the rotating and the shuffling and the handling; it didn't make me feel like an animal, it made me feel like a product, something created on an assembly line.
p. 369.1

bond = regarding refundable money paid to a court for release from jail prior to trial
The knife I used on him, and on my bonds, will be nearby on the floor where I dropped it, dazed, and walked barefoot, carrying nothing out of the house but his keys—to the car, to the gate—and climbed, still slick with his blood, into his vintage Jaguar and returned like some long-lost faithful pet, straight back home to my husband.
p. 374.6 *

bonds = ropes

Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:

"That's the James Bond part," Vicky says, and they all giggle.
p. 156.4 *

bond = a last name
Maureen hums the Bond theme song (I think), and Rose makes a gun with her fingers.
p. 156.4
I was supposed to feel privileged to be out on bond: I had stayed put even when it was clear I was going to be arrested, so I was deemed no flight risk.†
p. 369.4

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 for release from jail prior to trial, collected to assure the defendant will appear (and often returned after 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)
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