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1 American  
[buhnd] / bʌnd /

noun

  1. an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.

Bund 2 American  
[boond, buhnd, boont] / bʊnd, bʌnd, bʊnt /

noun

plural

Bunds,

plural

Bünde

  1. a short form of “German-American Volksbund,” a pro-Nazi organization in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s.

  2. (often lowercase) an alliance or league, especially a political society.

Bund 1 British  
/ bʊnd, bʊnt /

noun

  1. (sometimes not capital) a federation or league

  2. short for German American Bund , an organization of US Nazis and Nazi sympathizers in the 1930s and 1940s

  3. an organization of socialist Jewish workers in Russia founded in 1897

  4. the confederation of N German states, which existed from 1867–71

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bund 2 British  
/ bʌnd /

noun

  1. an embankment; dyke

  2. an embanked road or quay

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Other Word Forms

  • Bundist noun

Etymology

Origin of bund1

1805–15; < Hindi band < Persian: dam, levee; akin to bind, bond 1

Origin of Bund2

< German: association, league

Example Sentences

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Germany will auction April 2031 bonds on Tuesday and a February 2033 green Bund on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 10-year German Bund yield was up 0.3 basis points at 2.711%.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 10-year Bund yield rose 0.5 basis points to 2.713%.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 10-year Bund yield fell 0.6 basis points to 2.704%, according to Tradeweb.

From The Wall Street Journal

The German 10-year Bund yield fell 0.7 bps to 2.730%, Tradeweb data show.

From The Wall Street Journal

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