Contemporary slang . 2014.
bail — bail1 [beıl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: keeping someone as a prisoner , from baillier to deliver, keep as a prisoner , from Medieval Latin bajulare to control , from Latin bajulus someone who carries loads ] 1.) [U] money left with … Dictionary of contemporary English
bail — 1 noun (U) 1 money left with a court of law to prove that a prisoner will return when their trial 1 (1) starts: release sb on bail/grant sb bail (=let someone out of prison when bail is paid): She was released on bail of $5000. | be on bail (=be… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bail — bail1 [ beıl ] noun uncount * money that is given to a court when someone is allowed to stay out of prison until their trial. If they do not return for the trial, the court keeps the money: She posted bail of $10,000 (=paid this amount as bail)… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bail — I UK [beɪl] / US noun Word forms bail : singular bail plural bails * 1) a) [uncountable] legal money that is given to a court when someone is allowed to stay out of prison until their trial. If they do not return for the trial, the court keeps… … English dictionary
bail — I. /beɪl / (say bayl) noun 1. (in criminal proceedings) the release of a prisoner from legal custody into the custody of persons acting as sureties, undertaking to produce the prisoner to the court at a later date or forfeit the security… …
bail bond — noun (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial the judge set bail at $10,000 a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman • Syn: ↑bail, ↑bond • Derivationally related forms … Useful english dictionary
bail someone/something out — RESCUE, save, relieve; finance, help (out), assist, aid; informal save someone s bacon/neck/skin. → bail * * * release someone or something from a difficulty; rescue the state will not bail out loss making enterprises … Useful english dictionary
bail bond — a formal document that gives bail for someone to be released from custody. [1700 10] * * * … Universalium
bail — 1 / bāl/ n [Anglo French, act of handing over, delivery of a prisoner into someone s custody in exchange for security, from bailler to hand over, entrust, from Old French, from Latin bajulare to carry (a burden)] 1: the temporary release of a… … Law dictionary
bail someone out — bail (someone) out to help someone out of a difficult situation by providing money. When the airlines began to fail, they asked the government to bail them out. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of bail out (= to use a container to remove… … New idioms dictionary
