Bond vs. Deposit — What's the Difference?

Something, such as a fetter, cord, or band, that binds, ties, or fastens things together.

A sum of money paid into a bank or building society account

Often bonds Confinement in prison; captivity.

A sum payable as a first instalment on the purchase of something or as a pledge for a contract, the balance being payable later

A uniting force or relationship; a link

A layer or mass of accumulated matter

A binding agreement; a covenant.

The action of placing something in a specified place

A duty, promise, or other obligation by which one is bound.

Put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place

A substance or agent that causes two or more objects or parts to cohere.

Place (something) somewhere for safekeeping

The union or cohesion brought about by such a substance or agent.

To put or set down; place.

A chemical bond.

To lay down or leave behind by a natural process

A systematically overlapping or alternating arrangement of bricks or stones in a wall, designed to increase strength and stability.

To give over or entrust for safekeeping.

A written obligation requiring the payment of a sum at a certain time.

To put (money) in a bank or financial account.

A debt security obligating a government or corporation to pay a specified amount on a future date, especially a marketable security that makes semiannual interest payments.

To give as partial payment or security.

A guarantee issued by a surety agency on behalf of a client, requiring the surety to pay a sum of money to a third party in the event the client fails to fulfill certain obligations; a surety bond.

To become deposited; settle.

A sum pledged as a guarantee.

Something, such as money, that is entrusted for safekeeping, as in a bank.

A sum paid as a guarantee of a person's appearance at court for trial; bail

The condition of being deposited

The condition of being held under the guarantee of a customs bond

A partial or initial payment of a cost or debt

An insurance contract that indemnifies an employer for loss resulting from a fraudulent or dishonest act by an employee; a fidelity bond.

A sum of money given as security for an item acquired for temporary use.

Bond paper.

A depository.

To join securely, as with glue or cement.

(Geology) A concentration of mineral matter or sediment in a layer, vein, or pocket

To join (two or more individuals) in a relationship, as by shared belief or experience

(Physiology) An accumulation of organic or inorganic material, such as a lipid or mineral, in a body tissue, structure, or fluid.

To finance by issuing bonds

A sediment or precipitate that has settled out of a solution.

To raise by issuing bonds

A coating or crust left on a surface, as by evaporation or electrolysis.

To gain the release of (someone who has been arrested) by providing a bail bond

(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.

To issue a surety bond or a fidelity bond for.

That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.

To lay (bricks or stones) in an overlapping or alternating pattern.

(banking) Money placed in an account.

To cohere with a bond.

Anything left behind on a surface.

To form a close personal relationship.

(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.

To secure release from prison by providing a bail bond

A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit

(legal) Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.

A place of deposit; a depository.

(finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.

(transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.

A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond.

To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.

A physical connection which binds, a band.

To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.

An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.

(transitive) To put money or funds into an account.

Moral or political duty or obligation.

To lay aside; to rid oneself of.

(chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.

A binding agreement, a covenant.

To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

A bail bond.

To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.

Any constraining or cementing force or material.

To lay aside; to rid one's self of.

(construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.

That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river).

(Scotland) A mortgage.

A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.

(railways) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.

That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security.

A peasant; churl.

A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.

A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.

A place of deposit; a depository.

(transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.

The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

(transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).

Matter deposited by some natural process

To form a chemical compound with.

The natural process of laying down a deposit of something

(transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.

Money deposited in a bank

To form a friendship or emotional connection.

A partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later

(transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.

Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use;

To lay bricks in a specific pattern.

A payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met

To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).

A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

To bail out by means of a bail bond.

The act of putting something somewhere

Subject to the tenure called bondage.

Fix, force, or implant;

In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.

Put into a bank account;

Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.

Put (something somewhere) firmly;

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.

The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint.

A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.

Moral or political duty or obligation.

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum.

A financial instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; a written promise to pay a specific sum of money on or before a specified day, given in return for a sum of money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.

The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English bond or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.

A unit of chemical attraction between atoms; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. Also called chemical bond. It is often represented in graphic formulæ by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence. Several types of bond are distinguished by chemists, as double bond, triple bond, covalent bond, hydrogen bond.

A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.

League; association; confederacy.

A vassal or serf; a slave.

To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.

To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.

In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.

An electrical force linking atoms

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

A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial;

A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

A connection that fastens things together

A superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

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 1940)

British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

Stick to firmly;

Create social or emotional ties;

Issue bonds on

Bring together in a common cause or emotion;

Held in slavery;