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/beɪl/ · noun
(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..
He was granted bail for £20000.
I ſuppoſe vve ſhall hardly Rehearſe the Comedy this Morning; for the Author vvas Arreſted as he vvas going home from King's Coffee-houſe; and, as I heard, it vvas for upvvards of Four Pound: I ſuppoſe he vvill hardly get Bail.
The Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution forbids excessive bail, and state bail laws are usually designed to prevent discrimination in setting bail.
The purpose of bail is to ensure the return of the accused at subsequent proceedings. If the accused is unable to make bail, he or she is detained in jail.
The bail of a canoe […] made of a human skull.
Silly Faunus now within their baile.
For the first time, the arrests broadened beyond payments to police, with a Ministry of Defence employee and a member of the Armed forces held by police before also being bailed to a date in May.
to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier
Use bail when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bail means (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..
Common synonyms include bail bond, bond.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was granted bail for £20000.
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