'An :class:`.Engine` or :class:`.Connection` to which this
:class:`.MetaData` is bound.
Typically, a :class:`.Engine` is assigned to this attribute
so that "implicit execution" may be used, or alternatively
as a means of providing engine binding information to an
ORM :class:`.Session` object::
engine = create_engine("someurl://")
metadata.bind = engine
.. seealso::
:ref:`dbengine_implicit` - background on "bound metadata"'

def bind(self):

    return self._bind
