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1. (n.) bail
property or money given as surety that a person released from legal custody will return at an appointed time.
2. bail
a person who provides bail.
3. bail
the state of release upon being bailed.
4. (v.t.) bail
to grant or obtain the liberty of (a person) on security for appearance in court as required.
5. bail
to deliver (goods) for storage, hire, or other special purpose.
6. bail
to assist in escaping a predicament (used with out).
7. (n.) bail
the semicircular handle of a kettle or pail.
8. bail
a hooplike support, as for the cover on a Conestoga wagon.
9. (v.t.) bail
to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.
10. bail
to clear of water by dipping:
to bail out a boat.
11. (v.i.) bail
to bail water.
12. bail
bail out,
13. bail
to make a parachute jump from an airplane.
14. bail
to give up on or abandon a difficult situation.
15. (n.) bail
a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
16. (n.) bail
Chiefly Brit. a bar or partition for confining or separating livestock.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME baile < OF < L bacula sticks)
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1. (noun) bail, bail bond, bond
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
"the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"
2. (verb) bail
the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)
"he is out on bail"
3. (verb) bail
release after a security has been paid
4. (verb) bail
deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
5. (verb) bail
secure the release of (someone) by providing security
6. (verb) bail
empty (a vessel) by bailing
7. (verb) bail
remove (water) from a vessel with a container
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1. (noun) bail
money that allows sb out of prison
to release sb on bail; The judge set bail at $5,000.
2. (verb) bail
to help sb or sth by giving money
They won't bail you out again.; The government won't bail out failing banks.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Bail
a bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat
2. (noun) Bail
custody; keeping
3. (noun) Bail
the person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court
4. (noun) Bail
the security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one
5. (noun) Bail
the arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable
6. (noun) Bail
a half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc
7. (noun) Bail
a line of palisades serving as an exterior defense
8. (noun) Bail
the outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court
9. (noun) Bail
a certain limit within a forest
10. (noun) Bail
a division for the stalls of an open stable
11. (noun) Bail
the top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket
12. Bail
to deliver; to release
13. Bail
to set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed
14. Bail
to deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier
15. (verb) Bail
to lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat
16. (verb) Bail
to dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat
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Sense: a sum of money which is given to a court of law to get an untried prisoner out of prison until the time of his trial, and which acts as security for his return
bail of $500.
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 Afrikaans: borgtog |
 Arabic: كَفالَه |
 Bulgarian: гаранция |
 Brazilian: fiança |
 Czech: (soudní) kauce |
 German: die Kaution |
 Danish: kaution |
 Greek: εγγύηση (για αποφυλάκιση) |
 Spanish: fianza |
 Estonian: kautsjon |
 Farsi: وثیقه |
 Finnish: takuumaksu |
 French: caution |
 Hebrew: לְשַׁחרֵר בְּעַרבוּת |
 Hindi: जमानत, प्रतिभूति |
 Croatian: jamčevina |
 Hungarian: óvadék |
 Indonesian: uang jaminan |
 Icelandic: trygging |
 Italian: cauzione |
 Japanese: 保釈金 |
 Korean: 보석금 |
 Lithuanian: užstatas |
 Latvian: galvojums; drošības nauda |
 Malay: ikat jamin |
 Dutch: borg |
 Norwegian: kausjon; løslatelse mot k |
 Polish: kaucja |
 Persian: وثیقه |
 Pashto: ضامن، ضمانت، په ضمانت خلا |
 Portuguese: fiança |
 Romanian: cauţiune |
 Russian: залог |
 Slovak: kaucia |
 Slovenian: jamščina |
 Serbian: kaucija |
 Swedish: borgen |
 Thai: ค่าประกันตัว |
 Turkish: kefalet, kefaletücreti |
 Taiwanese: 保釋金 |
 Ukrainian: порука |
 Urdu: ضمانت |
 Vietnamese: tiền bảo lãnh |
 Chinese: 保释金 |
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