secured bond
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5.4
- noun
- /sɪˈkjʊrd bɑnd/
- Specialized
:
bono garantizado
- The judge instructed the defendant to pay a secured bond of $25,000 to ensure his return for trial.
- a secured bond of 100,000
Examples
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After his arrest, he was released on a secured bond of $50,000.
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He's under a five-thousand-dollar secured bond.
Fiction book (1999) -
Pari Passu will not apply to the new bonds, and most investors will be more than glad to accept a new secured bond.
Blog text (33) -
The Sheriff's Office says Supak posted a $2,000 secured bond and was released from the New Hanover County Jail around 5 a.m.
Blog text (2) -
To guarantee their release, each defendant was required to post a secured bond backed by property.
Antonyms
- Specialized
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6.8
Not protected by property the lender can take if the borrower does not pay
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'secured' (backed, made safe or protected) modifies 'bond' (a debt instrument), so a learner who knows both words can infer a bond that is backed by assets or collateral. This adjective+noun pattern is regular and has clear cross‑linguistic parallels, making the phrase readily understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
Secured bond comes from a simple image: the word secured means the loan is tied to a specific asset, like a house or factory, and the bond is the promise to pay. If the borrower cannot pay, the lender can take that asset, so a secured bond is seen as safer for investors.