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bail

[beyl]

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noun

property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.

the person who agrees to be liable if someone released from custody does not return at an appointed time.

the state of release upon being bailed.

on bail, released or free as a result of having posted bond: He was out on bail within 10 hours of his arrest.

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verb (used with object)

to grant or obtain the liberty of (a person under arrest) on security given for his or her appearance when required, as in court for trial.

to deliver possession of (goods) for storage, hire, or other special purpose, without transfer of ownership.

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Bail is always a great word to know.

So is extortion. Does it mean:

the crime of obtaining money or some other thing of value by the abuse of one's office or authority

the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact

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Idioms

go/stand bail for, to provide bail for: They spent the night in jail because no one would stand bail for them.

jump bail, to abscond while free on bail: The suspect jumped bail and is now being sought.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English bayle < Anglo-French bail custody, charge < Old French, noun derivative of baillier to hand over < Latin bāiulāre to serve as porter verbal derivative of bāiulus porter, perhaps an Imperial Latin borrowing from Moesia < *ba(r)i̯- carry (akin to Albanian m-ba hold) < *bhor-i̯-; see bear¹

Example Sentences

Yet another irresponsible step to temporarily bail out the states that continue to wildly spend.

The suspects were released on bail pending further investigations.

Treasury should be immediately apply this adhesive to all currency printed to bail out the finance industry.

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Yet another irresponsible step to temporarily bail out the states that continue to wildly spend.

The suspects were released on bail pending further investigations.

Treasury should be immediately apply this adhesive to all currency printed to bail out the finance industry.

Fewer fights means fewer planes dropping bombs to bail out troops under fire, so the logic goes.

Cozad, who has been suspended from the team and the university, had been out on bail.

Durable swing-out handles that will not melt, and folding bail handles that lock into place to prevent accidental spilling.

WE have spent trillions on bail outs and stimulus checks.

And don't look to technology to bail out coal miners.

But somewhere between the pipeline and the tenure track, tons of women get discouraged and bail out.

On four of those missions, he gave up his own summit attempts to bail out mountaineers in trouble.

The scientist you don't believe now will bail us out in the future.

Thus, the optimum strategy would be to bail out a few credits short of graduation in order to pay the loans off.

Everyone was crowded around one orangutan who was hiding under a bail of hay.

Remember if a product doesn't make money our government doesn't bail it out so it goes under.

He was being held pending bail arrangements earlier this week but said he planned to return to teaching once released.

My job is to bail the water swirling around our ankles.

She is being held without bail while prosecutors prepare to bring her case before a grand jury.

And if it happens to us, there won't be anyone who can bail us out.

We bail out your credit addiction and consumerism why not bail out my drug addiction.

The trick is to bail out when rates are bottoming out.

Let's spend some of those bail out billions and get busy harnessing this.

We are going to need some way to bail ourselves out.

And there are no cheat codes to bail you out when nothing's going right.

The police took him into custody once again, but he was let out on bail and has since taken flight.

K12 has to raise standards and demand performance, not teach to tests or bail on academic rigor.

If you have been denied tenure, your old school expects you to bail.

He was released on bail and four days later opened another fraudulent bank account.

When you decide to bail out well into the program you do a great personal and financial disservice to your advisor.

Especially that bendy snake piece that can bail out loose ends you can find no other way to connect.

Just that you aren't going to bail when someone puts pressure on you, that you will be able to keep focused on doing your job.

They do it with the certain knowledge that when things go wrong the taxpayer must bail them out, and they can never be punished.

Some of his friends, who'd been with him since the beginning, began to bail on the company.

We need to take some of these billions in bail out bucks and bail ourselves out of our dependence on foreign oil.

Those of us who don't come begging to the government to bail us out.

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noun

the semicircular handle of a kettle or pail.

a hooplike support, as for the canvas cover on a Conestoga wagon.

a metal band or bar equipped with rollers for holding a sheet or sheets of paper against the platen of a printing press, typewriter, etc.

Also, bale.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English beyl, perhaps < Old Norse; compare Old Norse beyglast to become bent, equivalent to baug(r) ring (see bee²) + *-il noun suffix + -ast middle infinitive suffix

verb (used with object)

to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.

to clear of water by dipping (usually followed by out): to bail out a boat.

verb (used without object)

to bail water.

noun

Also, bail·er. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.

Verb phrase

bail out,

to make a parachute jump from an airplane.

to relieve or assist (a person, company, etc.) in an emergency situation, especially a financial crisis: The corporation bailed out its failing subsidiary through a series of refinancing operations.

to give up on or abandon something, as to evade a responsibility: His partner bailed out before the business failed.

Also, bale (for defs. 1–3).

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English bayle < Middle French baille a bucket < Vulgar Latin *bāi(u)la; akin to Latin bāiulus carrier. See bail¹

noun

Cricket. either of the two small bars or sticks laid across the tops of the stumps which form the wicket.

British, Australian. a bar, framework, partition, or the like, for confining or separating cows, horses, etc., in a stable.

bails, Obsolete. the wall of an outer court of a feudal castle.

Verb phrase

bail up, Australian.

to confine a cow for milking, as in a bail.

to force (one) to surrender or identify oneself or to state one's business.

to waylay or rob (someone).

Idiom

bail up! Australian. (the cry of challenge of a pioneer or person living in the bush.)

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English baile < Old French < Latin bacula, plural of baculum stick

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World English Dictionary

bail¹ (beɪl)

—n
1.	a sum of money by which a person is bound to take responsibility for the appearance in court of another person or himself or herself, forfeited if the person fails to appear
2.	the person or persons so binding themselves; surety
3.	the system permitting release of a person from custody where such security has been taken: he was released on bail
4.	jump bail, forfeit bail to fail to appear in court to answer to a charge
5.	stand bail, go bail to act as surety (for someone)

—vb
6.	(often foll by out) to release or obtain the release of (a person) from custody, security having been made

[C14: from Old French: custody, from baillier to hand over, from Latin bāiulāre to carry burdens, from bāiulus carrier, of obscure origin]

bail or bale² (beɪl)

—vb
	(often foll by out) to remove (water) from (a boat)

[C13: from Old French baille bucket, from Latin bāiulus carrier]

bale or bale²

—vb

[C13: from Old French baille bucket, from Latin bāiulus carrier]

'bailer or bale²

—n

'baler or bale²

—n

bail³ (beɪl)

—n
1.	cricket either of two small wooden bars placed across the tops of the stumps to form the wicket
2.	agriculture
	a. a partition between stalls in a stable or barn, for horses
	b. a portable dairy house built on wheels or skids
3.	(Austral), (NZ) a framework in a cowshed used to secure the head of a cow during milking

—vb
4.	See bail up

[C18: from Old French baile stake, fortification, probably from Latin baculum stick]

bail or bale⁴ (beɪl)

—n
1.	the semicircular handle of a kettle, bucket, etc
2.	a semicircular support for a canopy
3.	a movable bar on a typewriter that holds the paper against the platen

[C15: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse beygja to bend]

bale or bale⁴

—n

[C15: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse beygja to bend]

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

bail

"bond money," late 15c., a sense that developed from that of "temporary release from jail" (mid-15c.), and that from earlier meaning "captivity, custody" (mid-13c.). From O.Fr. baillier "to control, to guard, deliver" (12c.), from L. bajulare "to bear a burden," from bajulus "porter," of unknown origin.

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bail

1610s, "to dip water out of," from baile (n.) "small bucket" (early 14c.), from O.Fr. baille "bucket, pail," from M.L. *bajula (aquae), lit. "porter of water," from L. bajulare "to bear a burden" (see bail (n.1)). To bail out "leave suddenly" (intrans.) is recorded from 1930,

originally of airplane pilots. As a noun, sometimes bailout, it dates from 1955.

bail

"horizontal piece of wood in a cricket wicket," c.1742, originally "any cross bar" (1570s), probably identical with M.Fr. bail "horizontal piece of wood affixed on two stakes," and with English bail "palisade wall, outer wall of a castle" (see bailey).

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Slang Dictionary

bail (out) definition

in.
to resign or leave; to get free of someone or something. : Albert bailed just before he got fired.

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Idioms & Phrases

bail

In addition to the idiom beginning with bail, also see make bail; out on bail; skip bail.