bail

(Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
2. (UK, countable, uncountable) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
3. (UK, countable, uncountable) The person providing such payment.
4. (countable, uncountable) A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
5. (countable, uncountable) A person who bails water out of a boat.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Custody; keeping.

Verb

1. To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
2. To release a person under such guarantee.
3. To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
5. (transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
6. To set free; to deliver; to release.

Verb

1. (intransitive, slang) To leave or exit abruptly.
2. (informal, intransitive) To fail to meet a commitment (to a person).

Verb

To secure the head of a cow during milking.

Verb

1. (rare) To confine.
2. (Australia, New-Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
3. (Australia, New-Zealand, usually, with-up) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/beɪ(ə)l/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: baille

Geërf van Middle English: beyle

Geërf van Old English: bīeġels

In summary

From Middle English baille, from the Old French verb bailler (“to deliver or hand over”) and noun bail (“lease”), from Latin bāiulāre (“carry or bear”), from baiulus (“porter; steward”) (English: bailiff).

Sinonieme

security

surety

guarantee

bond

pledge

guaranty

bale

bail bond

warranty

guarantor

scoop

bondsman

bailer

warrant

warranter

bail out

collateral

bailsman

sponsor

suretyship

pawn

recognizance

sponsion

sponsorship

underwrite

vouch

voucher

bale out

pump out

stand security for

recognisance

having a handle

set free on bail

closing ring

sesurity

answer for

sureship

borrow

collar

deposit

dipper

drain

ensure

gage

haft

hallmark

helve

hilt

lade

ladle

Vertalings

caution

cauzione

fianza

Kaution

fiança

εγγύηση

borgtocht

kaucja

fiança

caução

ausschöpfen

caución

libertà provvisoria

borgsom

bürgen

Sinne

Shakur had been effective in raising bail funds for jailed Panthers .