[] () an agreement by a government or an organization to pay back the money an investor has lent plus a fixed amount of interest on a particular date; a document containing this agreement债券；公债◆Government bonds are usually considered to be a safe investment.政府债券通常被认为是一种安全的投资。◆The company are to issue bonds backed by its revenue from travel insurance.公司将以其旅游保险收入做后盾准备发行债券。◆They will launch a €2 bn bond issue to cut their debt.他们将发行 20 亿欧元的债券以削减其债务。◆the bond market债券市场➡ see note at foreign bond ⨁to buy / hold / invest in / issue / redeem / sell / trade bonds购买／持有／投资／发行／赎回／销售／交易债券⨁high-yield / long-term / twenty-year bonds高收益的／长期的／二十年期的债券⨁a bond broker / investor / trader债券经纪人／投资者／交易员 () () an amount of money that sb pays in case they fail to do what they have agreed to do保证金◆He was released on a $5 000 bond (= if he did not appear in court on a particular day he would lose the money).他以 5 000 元获得保释（如果他不按时出庭，就会失去这笔钱）。➡bail () a legal written agreement or promise书面法律协定（或者承诺）⨁to make / sign a bond订立／签署协定 () a word used for certain kinds of insurance policy that protect companies from loss（保护企业免遭损失的某些）保险单●in ˈbond () (about imported goods) being held until the buyer pays any necessary import taxes and other charges（指进口货物）在关栈中，存放于海关待完税和保税➡bonded warehouse appeal bond bid bond corporate bond customs bond debenture bond fidelity bond foreign bond global bond government bond income bond indexed bond junk bond long bond mandatory convertible bond mortgage bond municipal bond par bond performance bond property bond revenue bond serial bonds T-bond Treasury bond