(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) The offering of bonds for sale to investors.

(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.

(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) Bonds issued in a series by a public entity that are payable at different times.

(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.

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

(law) A bond issued by one party, the surety, guaranteeing that he will perform certain acts promised by another or pay a stipulated sum, up to the bond limit, in lieu of performance, should the principle fail to perform.

(law) A bond that is recorded on the books of the issuer by the trustee, with interest paid by mail to the holder of record.

(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.