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.
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.
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