bail

About 2.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

2. noun Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
3. noun The person providing such payment.
4. noun A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
5. noun A person who bails water out of a boat.
6. noun Custody; keeping.
7. verb To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
8. verb To release a person under such guarantee.

Similar words

bail bond bond remand parole recognizance probation borrow suretyship lease leasehold

Often followed by

out for and in or is to was bond

Word family

bailable bailed bailing bails