bund

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noun (1)

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: an embankment used especially in India to control the flow of water
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: an embanked thoroughfare along a river or the sea especially in the Far East
often capitalized
: a political association: such as
a
: a Jewish socialist organization founded in czarist Russia in 1897
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: a pro-Nazi German-American organization of the 1930s
bundist
ˈbu̇n-dist How to pronounce bund (audio)
ˈbən-
noun often capitalized

Examples of bund in a Sentence

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Noun
French bond yields are gapping out against German bunds’, the euro has weakened and fears are rising of further destabilization of the region’s alliances. Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2024 The spread between 10-year Portuguese bonds and bunds, for example, has roughly halved to about 65 basis points since a mid-2022 peak. Rodrigo Orihuela, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024 The first three years after the bund was breached were particularly dry. Bianca Nogrady, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024 The yield premium investors demand to hold the country’s 10-year notes instead of German bunds has shrunk to about 176 basis points from a peak of 422 basis points mid-last year. Peter Laca, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2023 Yields on government bonds, including benchmark German bunds, declined slightly. Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023 Germany’s benchmark 10-year bund rose to 2.55%; Spain's increased to 3.56% and Italy's rose to 4.20%. Will Horner, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2023 Yields on 10-year German bunds, the eurozone's go-to safe asset, jumped to 2.631%, from 2.481% Wednesday. WSJ, 6 July 2023 There is confirmation for this activity in the US 30-year bond, the JGB, and the bund. Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Hindi baṅd & Urdu band, from Persian

Noun (2)

Yiddish bund & German Bund, from Middle High German bunt; akin to Old English byndel

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1850, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bund was in 1810

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“Bund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bund. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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