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

A financial market where participants buy and sell debt securities, usually in the form of bonds.

(idiomatic) As hard as a bone, rock hard.

(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

(finance) A bond with no maturity date, paying coupons forever.

(Britain, informal) Used as a fatuous excuse to avoid doing something.

Alternative spelling of bone fire

(anatomy) A ridge on the surface of a teeth-bearing bone, such as maxilla and mandible in humans, that contains the tooth sockets.