When someone says they’re going to meet a deadline, that it would cost this or that much, to consider the project approved, that they’d be there—people should be able to take that to the bank. In fact, oftentimes that’s what people end up needing to do. They make plans based on your assurance, they spend money based on your agreement, they put in their two weeks after you said the job was theirs. They tell other people that it’s set, that’s happening, that it’s a done deal. When we say that a person’s word is their bond, that’s in part what “bond” is referring to.
