The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bonded \Bond"ed\, a. Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of duties, or for conformity to certain regulations.
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.
Usage examples of "bonded goods".
Away from the center, but not far away, where the buildings were meaner and the streets were narrower, the sea evidenced itself differently: a grim redlight district of slum houses, empty warehouses where bonded goods had once been stored, pubs with maritime names, cleared areas fronted with advertising posters selling Jamaican rum and airlines to America.