single bond
noun
: a chemical bond in which one pair of electrons is shared by two atoms in a molecule especially when the atoms can share more than one pair of electrons compare double bond, triple bond
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If rates rise, investors won't be locked into a single bond with a lower rate.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
Many will only issue a single bond up to $100 million.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2024
The orientation of a single bond in the tail of BMAL1 can shorten the day.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
An aerial view eastern Kentucky on July 30.Kentucky National Guard / via AFP - Getty Images Since 2013, Kentucky requires companies to pay into a single bond pool through what essentially serves as a tax on a certain amount of acreage or coal tonnage.
—Phil McCausland, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2022
Not a single bond fund remained in the top quarter for every 12-month period.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
While the Fed has yet to buy a single bond, its pledge threw a lifeline to the market that undoubtedly kept some people working.
—Craig Torres, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2020
There’s just one problem: the central bank is yet to buy a single bond, the Wall Street Journal reports.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 4 June 2020
Ten weeks later, the Fed has yet to buy a single bond.
—Matt Wirz, WSJ, 3 June 2020
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
Many will only issue a single bond up to $100 million.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2024
The orientation of a single bond in the tail of BMAL1 can shorten the day.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
An aerial view eastern Kentucky on July 30.Kentucky National Guard / via AFP - Getty Images Since 2013, Kentucky requires companies to pay into a single bond pool through what essentially serves as a tax on a certain amount of acreage or coal tonnage.
—Phil McCausland, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2022
Not a single bond fund remained in the top quarter for every 12-month period.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
While the Fed has yet to buy a single bond, its pledge threw a lifeline to the market that undoubtedly kept some people working.
—Craig Torres, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2020
There’s just one problem: the central bank is yet to buy a single bond, the Wall Street Journal reports.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 4 June 2020
Ten weeks later, the Fed has yet to buy a single bond.
—Matt Wirz, WSJ, 3 June 2020
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“Single bond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20bond. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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