All 5 Uses
bond
in
Hillbilly Elegy
(Edited)
- Mom and I bonded over other things, especially our favorite sport: football.
p. 64.1 *bonded = connected (emotionally)
- Mom was released from jail on bond and prosecuted for a domestic violence misdemeanor.
p. 78.5 *bond = money paid to a court for release from jail prior to trial
- Aunt Wee's grief was unjustified, because Mom and Papaw had a special bond.
p. 111.5bond = connection (emotional)
- Addiction treatment seemed to give Mom a sense of purpose, and it gave us something to bond over.
p. 116.7bond = connect (emotionally)
- It was in the Marine Corps where I first ordered grown men to do a job and watched them listen; where I learned that leadership depended far more on earning the respect of your subordinates than on bossing them around; where I discovered how to earn that respect; and where I saw that men and women of different social classes and races could work as a team and bond like family.
p. 175.5
Definitions:
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(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)
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(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
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(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)
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(4)
(bonded as in: all our employees are bonded) insured to cover any loss resulting from dishonesty
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(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