ppl. a. [f. BOND sb.1 + -ED.]

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  1.  Held, pledged or confirmed by bond.

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1597.  Shaks., Lover’s Compl., 279. That strong bonded oth.

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1844.  Tupper, Proverb. Philos. (1852), 384. Death … hath seized his bonded debtor.

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  2.  Put into bond (see BOND sb.1 12). Hence bonded store, warehouse, a store or warehouse in charge of Custom-house officials, in which goods may be kept in bond.

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1809.  R. Langford, Introd. Trade, 130. Bonded goods, goods deposited in a warehouse till the duty is paid.

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1851.  Ht. Martineau, Hist. Peace, IV. xiv. The bonded stores connected with the Dublin custom-house.

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1868.  Rogers, Pol. Econ., xxii. (ed. 3), 289. Bonded warehouses, in which duty-paying goods, whether liable to customs or excise, are stored till they are needed for sale.

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1884.  Pall Mall Gaz., 15 Aug., 5/2. Wholesale and bonded supplies of the article.

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