bail

Meaning

Noun

1. 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. Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
3. The person providing such payment.
4. A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
5. A person who bails water out of a boat.
6. (obsolete) 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. To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
5. To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
6. To set free; to deliver; to release.

Verb

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

Verb

To secure the head of a cow during milking.

Verb

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

Concepts

bail

security

surety

guarantee

bond

pledge

bale

guaranty

bail bond

guarantor

warranty

bailer

scoop

bondsman

warrant

recognizance

suretyship

sponsion

bail out

bailsman

sponsor

warranter

collateral

pawn

pump out

ladle

drain

dipper

lade

recognisance

haft

having a handle

helve

hilt

set free on bail

sesurity

voucher

answer for

ensure

underwrite

vouch

hallmark

sponsorship

sureship

reference

closing ring

collar

stand security for

ransom

borrow

deposit

gage

bale out

relieve

rescue

salvage

salve

save

release

parole

Pronounced as (IPA)

/beɪ(ə)l/

Etymology

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).

Sentences

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