Definitions for bailbeɪl

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

bailbeɪl(n.)

property or money given as surety that a person released from legal custody will return at an appointed time.
Category: Law
a person who provides bail.
Category: Law
the state of release upon being bailed.
Category: Law
(v.t.)to grant or obtain the liberty of (a person) on security for appearance in court as required.
Category: Law
to deliver (goods) for storage, hire, or other special purpose.
Category: Law
to assist in escaping a predicament (used with out).

Idioms for bail:

jump bail,to abscond while free on bail.
Category: Idiom, Law

Origin of bail:

1375–1425; late ME bayle < AF bail custody, charge < OF, der. of baillier to hand over < L bāiulāre to serve as porter, der. of bāiulus porter

bailbeɪl(n.)

the semicircular handle of a kettle or pail.
a hooplike support, as for the cover on a Conestoga wagon.

Origin of bail:

1400–50; ME

bailbeɪl(v.t.)

to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.
to clear of water by dipping:
to bail out a boat.
(v.i.)to bail water.
bail out, to make a parachute jump from an airplane. to give up on or abandon a difficult situation.
Category: Verb Phrase
(n.)a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.

Origin of bail:

1425–75; late ME bayle < MF baille a bucket < VL *bāi(u)la; akin to L bāiulus carrier. See bail1

bailbeɪl(n.)

Chiefly Brit. a bar or partition for confining or separating livestock.
Category: British

Origin of bail:

1350–1400; ME baile < OF < L bacula sticks

Princeton's WordNet

bail, bail bond, bond(noun)
(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"
bail(verb)
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"
bail(verb)
release after a security has been paid
bail(verb)
deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
bail(verb)
secure the release of (someone) by providing security
bail(verb)
empty (a vessel) by bailing
bail(verb)
remove (water) from a vessel with a container

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

bail(noun)ɪl
money that allows sb out of prison
to release sb on bail; The judge set bail at $5,000.
bail(verb)ɪl
to help sb or sth by giving money
They won't bail you out again.; The government won't bail out failing banks.

Webster Dictionary

Bail(noun)
a bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat
Bail(verb)
to lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat
Bail(verb)
to dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat
Bail(u)
to deliver; to release
Bail(u)
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
Bail(u)
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
Bail(noun)
custody; keeping
Bail(noun)
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
Bail(noun)
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
Bail(noun)
the arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable
Bail(noun)
a half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc
Bail(noun)
a line of palisades serving as an exterior defense
Bail(noun)
the outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court
Bail(noun)
a certain limit within a forest
Bail(noun)
a division for the stalls of an open stable
Bail(noun)
the top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket

Translations for bail

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

bail(noun)

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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