(game theory) A theorem that describes a necessary and sufficient condition for the non-emptiness of the core of a cooperative game in characteristic function form. The game's core is non-empty if and only if the game is balanced.

The state of being a bondman.

plural of bondmate

(fantasy) A person with whom one has an intimate emotional or spiritual bond.

Absence of a bond or bonds.

plural of die bonder

A member of a Nama ethnic group of Southern Africa, living in the extreme south of Namibia.

plural of Bondelswart

(BDSM) A form of bondage in which a person is restrained and forced to experience opposing sensory forces.

In a bonded manner; in a way that evinces the presence or existence of a bond.