bind
Example Sentences
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They are binding promises—and they must be honored, especially when doing so is inconvenient.
"But it really does put the US automakers in a bind, because nobody else is going to want to buy American cars."
From BBC
Horn said they had secured binding investor commitments to finance half of the center’s initial phase of development, and half of the final phase.
These proposals suggest a legally binding limit - a carbon budget - for greenhouse gases emitted in the UK for the period 2038-2042.
From BBC
The referendum, which needs to be passed by a simple majority, notes that it will be "binding on the parties that win" the election.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
