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Definition of "bund" [bund]

  • An embankment or dike, especially in India. (noun)
  • A street running along a harbor or waterway, especially in the Far East. (noun)
  • An association, especially a political association. (noun)
  • A pro-Nazi German-American organization of the 1930s. (noun)
  • A European Jewish socialist movement founded in Russia in 1897. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bund" in a sentence
  • "Deutsche Börse is big in trading long-term bund derivatives, for example, while NYSE-Euronext is strong in shorter-term interest-rate contracts."
  • "European short futures - The surge in German bund prices on Friday helped drive yields to a closing low at 3. 12%."
  • "The surge in German bund prices on Friday helped drive yields to a closing low at 3. 12%."