Bound variable
1. A bound variable or formal argument in a function definition is replaced by the actual argument when the function is applied.
In the lambda abstraction
\ x . M
x is the bound variable.
However, x is a free variable of the term M when M is considered on its own.
M is the scope of the binding of x.
2. In logic a bound variable is a quantified variable.
See quantifier.
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