bail
Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
The person providing such payment.
A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
Verb 4 meanings
To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
To release a person under such guarantee.
To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
“to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier”
To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
“to bail water out of a boat”
Etymology
From Middle English baille, from the Old French verb bailler (“to deliver or hand over”) and noun bail (“lease”), from Latin bāiulāre (“carry or bear”), from baiulus (“porter; steward”) (English: bailiff).
BAIL at a glance
BAIL has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (B 3 + A 1 + I 1 + L 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,879 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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