n.
1.
Tie, ligature, ligament.
2.
Cord, chain, fetter, manacle, shackle, bond.
3.
Bandage, fillet, binding, cincture, girth, belt.
4.
Company ( especially of instrumental musicians ), troop, gang, crew, horde, party, body, club, junto, coterie, clique, society, sodality, association.