Bailing out
verb (used with object)
1.
to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.
2.
to clear of water by dipping (usually followed by out ): to bail out a boat.
verb (used without object)
3.
to bail water.
noun
Verb phrases 4.
Also, bail·er. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
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, especially 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.
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bail1 (beɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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. | ( |
| [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 | |
| ( | |
| [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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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.
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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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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