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bond (n.)
early 13c., "anything that binds," phonetic variant of
band
(1) (for vowel change, see
long
), influenced by O.E.
bonda
"householder," lit. "dweller" (see
bondage
). The verb is 1670s (trans.), 1836 (intr.). Legalistic sense first recorded 1590s.
