binder

  1. Noun.  Someone who binds, particularly someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
  2. Noun.  A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.
  3. Noun.  Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
  4. Noun.  A dossier.
  5. Noun.  (context, agriculture) A machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle.
  6. Noun.  (chemistry) A chemical that causes two other substances to form into one.
  7. Noun.  (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.
  8. Noun.  (qualifier, Chiefly Minnesota) A rubber band.

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