Bail
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /beɪl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bail is a noun meaning (law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
Meaning
(law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
More Meanings
- (law, UK) 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.
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- (law) To release a person under such guarantee.
- (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.
- (obsolete) Custody; keeping.
Example Sentences
He was granted bail for £20000.
Silly Faunus now within their baile.
The bail of a canoe […] made of a human skull.
to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier
Word Forms
- bails
- bailing
- bailed
Synonyms for bail
Depending on context, synonyms include bond.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bond, remand, parole, recognizance, probation, borrow.
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