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- Dictionarybail/beɪl/
noun
- 1. either of the two crosspieces bridging the stumps, which the bowler and fielders try to dislodge with the ball to get the batter out: "the Lancashire captain was at full stretch as the wicketkeeper took off the bails"
- 2. a bar on a typewriter or computer printer which holds the paper steady.
verb
- 1. confront (someone) with the intention of robbing them: "they bailed up Mr Dyason and demanded his money"
- 2. secure (a cow) during milking.
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noun. uk / beɪl / us / beɪl / bail noun (MONEY) Add to word list. [ U ] an amount of money that a person who has been accused of a crime pays to a law court so that they can be released until their trial. The payment is a way of making certain that the person will return to court for trial: on bail He was out on bail awaiting trial.
transitive verb. 1. : to temporarily release (a prisoner) in exchange for security (see security sense 2a) given for appearance at a later hearing : to release under bail (see bail entry 3 sense 1) 2. : to procure the release of by giving bail (see bail entry 3 sense 2) often used with out.
What is bail. When an accused person is arrested, they are usually held in custody until dealt with by a court. However, an arrested person may be released from custody if a sum of money, known as bail, is provided to guarantee that they will turn up in court.
Bail definition: property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.. See examples of BAIL used in a sentence.
an amount of money that a person who has been accused of a crime pays to a law court so that they can be released until their trial. The payment is a way of making certain that the person will return to court for trial: on bail He was out on bail awaiting trial. be released on bail He was released on bail of $100,000.
n. 1. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. 2. Release from imprisonment provided by the payment of such money. 3. A person who provides this security. tr.v. bailed, bail·ing, bails. 1. To secure the release of by providing security. 2.
Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money is lost.
When you bail (verb) someone out of jail, you post money, also known as bail (noun), to assure the authorities that person won't try to run away before going to trial. As a noun, bail means bond money.
BAIL definition: 1. an arrangement in which money is paid to a court so that someone can be released from prison…. Learn more.
Definition of bail noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
