Noun

(en noun)

Someone who binds, particularly someone who binds books; a bookbinder.

A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.

Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.

(programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.

* 2004 , Paul Vick, The Visual Basic .NET Programming Language (page 389)

The runtime binder considers inheritance and name hiding, and does overload resolution.

A dossier.

(agriculture) A machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle.

(chemistry) A chemical that causes two other substances to form into one.

(legal) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.

A rubber band.

Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.

Noun

(en noun)

A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.

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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.

A medium for expression of talent or views.

A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501).

An entity to achieve an end.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington

, volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}

(Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.

(Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits