bail
Betekenis (Engels)
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- Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- The person providing such payment.
- A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- A person who bails water out of a boat.
- (obsolete) Custody; keeping.
Synoniemen
stand security for
having a handle
set free on bail
closing ring
sesurity
sureship
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/beɪ(ə)l/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English baille, from the Old French verb bailler (“to deliver or hand over”) and noun bail (“lease”), from Latin bāiulāre, present active infinitive of bāiulō (“carry or bear”), from baiulus (“porter; steward”) (English: bailiff).
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