Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BOND, v.t.

To give bond for, as for duties or customs at a custom-house; to secure payment of, by giving a bond. On their reshipment and exportation, official clearances were given, in which no mention was made that the cargo consisted of bonded or debentured goods. – War in Disguise. In the United States, it is applied to the goods on which the customs arise, and to the duties secured by bond.