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bail

3  [beyl]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.
2. to clear of water by dipping (usually fol. by out): to bail out a boat.
–verb (used without object)
3. to bail water.
–noun
4. Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
—Verb phrase
5. bail out,
a. to make a parachute jump from an airplane.
b. to relieve or assist (a person, company, etc.) in an emergency situation, esp. a financial crisis: The corporation bailed out its failing subsidiary through a series of refinancing operations.
c. 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 ME bayle < MF baille a bucket < VL *bāi(u)la; akin to L bāiulus carrier. See bail 1
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bail 1   (bāl)   
n.  

  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 provided by the payment of such money.

  3. A person who provides this security.

tr.v.   bailed, bail·ing, bails

  1. To secure the release of by providing security.

  2. To release (a person) for whom security has been paid.

  3. Informal To extricate from a difficult situation: always bailing you out of trouble.

  4. To transfer (property) to another for a special purpose but without permanent transference of ownership.


[Middle English, custody, from Old French, from baillier, to take charge of, from Latin bāiulāre, to carry a load, from bāiulus, carrier of a burden.]
bail'er n.
bail 2   (bāl)   
v.   bailed, bail·ing, bails

v.   tr.

  1. To remove (water) from a boat by repeatedly filling a container and emptying it over the side.

  2. To empty (a boat) of water by bailing.

v.   intr.
To empty a boat of water by bailing.
n.  A container used for emptying water from a boat.
Phrasal Verb(s):
bail out

  1. To parachute from an aircraft; eject.

  2. To abandon a project or enterprise.


[From Middle English baille, bucket, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *bāiula, water container, from Latin bāiulāre, to carry a load.]
bail'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: bail
Function: transitive verb
1 : to release on bail
2 : to obtain the release of by giving bail —often used with out
3 : to place (personal property) under a bailment bailed —Peet v. Roth Hotel Company, 253 North Western Reporter 546 (1934)>
NOTE: Property is usually bailed by putting it temporarily in the custody of another for a specific purpose, as safekeeping or delivery to a third party.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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