/beɪl/
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Translation
Money paid to a court so that a person can stay free until their trial.
Word origin
From Old French bail, meaning custody or charge, from baillier, to hand over or keep.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- baillier
- English cognates
- bailiff
Examples
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"Bail" is money paid so a person can stay free before their trial.
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"On bail" means free after the money has been paid.
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To "bail someone out" means to pay their bail; informally it also means to rescue them from trouble.
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