bonded

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Adjective

HYPHEN

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bonded, a.

Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of duties, or for conformity to certain regulations. [1913 Webster]

Bonded goods, goods placed in a bonded warehouse; goods, for the duties on which bonds are given at the customhouse. -- Bonded warehouse, a warehouse in which goods on which the duties are unpaid are stored under bond and in the joint custody of the importer, or his agent, and the customs officers.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

bonded, adj.
1 (of goods) placed in bond.
2 (of material) reinforced by or cemented to another.
3 (of a debt) secured by bonds.

Idiom

bonded warehouse a Customs-controlled warehouse for the retention of imported goods until the duty owed is paid.

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