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Bund - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun In India and the East generally, an embankment forming a promenade and carriageway along a river-front or seaside; an esplanade.
noun A league, society, or association: as, Sänger-bund , a ‘singing association’; a shooting bund.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states.
noun India An embankment against inundation.
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An insider's Guide Andrew Rowat The Bund is Shanghai's spectacular neo-colonial waterfront.
The Bling Dynasty 2010
The yield on the benchmark 10-year gilt fell to 2.25%, compared with a rise in the yield on the corresponding German bond, known as a Bund , to 2.31%, as investors reacted favorably to the U.K. budget plan but sold other bonds following an upbeat reading on U.S. consumer sentiment.
A Safer Shelter? Key U.K. Yield Below Germany's Neelabh Chaturvedi 2011
Multimillionaire Dai Zhikang set records in February 2010 when the company he controls, Shanghai Zendai Property Ltd., agreed to pay 9.22 billion yuan $1.45 billion at today's exchange rates for a plot of empty riverfront land just south of the city's historic strip of colonial-era bank buildings called the Bund .
Pinch on China Developers James T. Areddy 2011
In the Polish areas of the empire, the Bund was a leading force in the 1905 revolution.
Does the world—and the US—want Israel to survive? 2010
Of all Jewish political parties of the time, the Bund was the most progressive regarding gender equality, with more than one-third of membership being female
Does the world—and the US—want Israel to survive? 2010
When it opened in 1994, the KFC on the Bund was the hippest spot in town.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
When it opened in 1994, the KFC on the Bund was the hippest spot in town.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
Luxemburg would never join the famous Jewish socialist organization known as the Bund , and she was basically unconcerned with issues of identity.
Rosa Luxemburg. 2009
When it opened in 1994, the KFC on the Bund was the hippest spot in town.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
[Actually] Any spot on the Bund is a fun place to be.
Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News 2008
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