(finance) A bond that can be called (redeemed) by the issuer prior to its maturity, on certain call dates, at call prices. On the call dates, the issuer has the right, but not the obligation, to buy back the bonds from the bond holders at the call price. Technically speaking, the bonds are not really bought and held by the issuer, but cancelled immediately or no longer accrue interest at the original coupon rate.

A type of savings bond used by nations to help fund war efforts.

plural of bond market

(Canada, US, law) A court order forbidding one party to bother another.

(informal, inorganic chemistry) An extended covalent bond found in boranes in which a hydrogen atom is shared by two boron atoms; a form of three-center two-electron bond.

(law) A document given by the owner of real estate to convey the property upon being paid money; an agreement to convey title in the future that, so long as it remains executory, allows title to remain vested in the original owner.

(law) A reduction from the face amount of a bond that occurs where bonds are sold on the market for cash at a price less than the face amount. Since bonds mature years after issue, they are discounted to reflect present value.

(law) That part of the entire indebtedness of a corporation or state that is represented by bonds it has issued; a debt contracted under the obligation of a bond.

(finance) The amount that the purchaser pays in buying a bond that exceeds the face value or call value of the bond.

(law) A contractor's bond, guaranteeing that the contractor will perform the contract and providing that, in the event of default, the surety may complete the contract or pay damages up to the bond limit.