bond trading
bond-trading activity | trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange) |
line-drive triple
line triple | a triple resulting from a line drive |
triple
three-base hit
three-bagger | a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base |
| triple play | the act of getting three players out on one play |
| attachment bond | a connection that fastens things together |
shackle
bond
hamper trammel | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
adhesiveness
adhesion
adherence
bond | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition, the mutual adhesiveness of cells, a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion |
| bond rating | an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default, the bonds of highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA |
| triple | a quantity that is three times as great as another |
| triple-spacing | typing that leaves two lines blank between lines of typing |
triple jump
hop-step-and-jump | an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement |
club sandwich
three-decker
triple-decker | made with three slices of usually toasted bread |
triple cream
triple creme | fresh soft French cheese containing at least % fat |
| triple sec | type of curacao having higher alcoholic content |
| trio triad triplet triple | a set of three similar things considered as a unit |
| Triple Frontier | the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet, an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering, a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups |
| Bond James Bond | British secret operative in novels by Ian Fleming |
| bond servant | someone bound to labor without wages |
Bond
Julian Bond | United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born ) |
chemical bond
bond | an electrical force linking atoms |
| covalent bond | a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule |
| hydrogen bond | a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond |
ionic bond
electrovalent bond
electrostatic bond | a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion |
| double bond | a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms |
coordinate bond
dative bond | a covalent bond in which both electrons are provided by one of the atoms |
| metallic bond | a chemical bond in which electrons are shared over many nuclei and electronic conduction occurs |
peptide bond
peptide linkage | the primary linkage of all protein structures, the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide |
| bond issue | bonds sold by a corporation or government agency at a particular time and identifiable by date of maturity |
| convertible bond | a bond that can be converted to other securities under certain conditions |
| corporate bond | a bond issued by a corporation, carries no claim to ownership and pays no dividends but payments to bondholders have priority over payments to stockholders, a corporate bond is a safer investment than common stock in the same company |
coupon bond
bearer bond | a bond issued with detachable coupons that must be presented to the issuer for interest payments |
| government bond | a bond that is an IOU of the United States Treasury, considered the safest security in the investment world |
junk bond
high-yield bond | a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower, issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit |
| municipal bond | a bond issued by a state or local government |
| noncallable bond | a bond containing a provision that the holder cannot redeem the security before a specific date (usually at maturity) |
performance bond
surety bond | a bond given to protect the recipient against loss in case the terms of a contract are not filled, a surety company assumes liability for nonperformance |
| post-obit bond | a bond made by a reversioner to secure a loan, payable out of his reversion |
| registered bond | a bond whose owner is recorded on the books of the issuer, can be transferred to another owner only when endorsed by the registered owner |
| revenue bond | a bond issued by an agency that is commissioned to finance public works, revenue from the public property is used to pay off the bond |
| secured bond | a bond that is back by collateral |
unsecured bond
debenture
debenture bond | the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future |
| savings bond | non-negotiable government bond, cannot be bought and sold once the original purchase is made |
utility bond
utility revenue bond | a bond issued to finance the construction of public utility services |
zero coupon bond
zerooupon bond | a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond, the commonest form of zerooupon security |
bail
bail bond
bond | (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial, the judge set bail at $,, a $, bond was furnished by an alderman |
| Treasury bond | a debt instrument with maturities ofyears or longer |
| bond bond certificate | a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money, the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal |
| Premium Bond | a government bond that bears no interest or capital gains but enters the holder into lotteries |
| letter bond | a bond that has not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold to the general public |
alliance
bond | a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest, the shifting alliances within a large family, their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them |