municipal bond

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a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.

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Like other cities, the city government sold municipal bonds to investors to keep itself afloat.
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But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.
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Failure to bond to their parents was the prominent reason children were being given away.
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With no record and no warrants, he was given a four-figure bond by a judge the next morning.
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Marriage is a bond and a commitment—marrying yourself is ridiculous because you are already married to yourself.
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He was released within the hour without a bond on his own recognizance.
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I have written to her, and to Mrs. Coningsby; and she is perfectly free: every bond is relinquished, but that of the heart.
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The bond of marriage seemed an accursed thing, the mere slavery of women.
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Out of a dark porch, ten paces along Bond Street, appeared a burly figure to fall into step a few yards behind Gray.
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A lingering hope was dispelled when, looking right and left along Bond Street, he failed to perceive the missing pair.
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Ten paces along Bond Street he encountered a small, stooping figure which became detached from the shadows of a shop door.
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