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- [beyl]
- /beɪl/
- /beɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [beyl]
- /beɪl/
Definitions of bail word
- uncountable noun bail 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 will be lost. 3
- uncountable noun bail Bail is permission for an arrested person to be released after bail has been paid. 3
- verb bail If someone is bailed, they are released while they are waiting for their trial, after paying an amount of money to the court. 3
- countable noun bail In cricket, the bails are the two small pieces of wood that are laid across the top of the stumps to form the wicket. 3
- verb bail If you bail, you use a container to remove water from a boat or from a place which is flooded. 3
- verb bail Bail out means the same as bail. 3
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Origin of bail
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English bayle < Anglo-French bail custody, charge < Old French, noun derivative of baillier to hand over < Latin bāiulāre to serve as porter verbal derivative of bāiulus porter, perhaps an Imperial Latin borrowing from Moesia < *ba(r)i̯- carry (akin to Albanian m-ba hold) < *bhor-i̯-; see bear1
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Parts of speech for Bail
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bail popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bail
noun bail
- warrant — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- bond — A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them.
- warranty — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- collateral — Collateral is money or property which is used as a guarantee that someone will repay a loan.
- pledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
verb bail
- unfixed — to render no longer fixed; unfasten; detach; loosen; free.
- clear away — When you clear things away or clear away, you put away the things that you have been using, especially for eating or cooking.
- unfix — to render no longer fixed; unfasten; detach; loosen; free.
- lade — to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- disenthralled — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
Antonyms for bail
noun bail
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
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