BAIL
/beɪ̯l/
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Definition
/beɪ̯l/
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.
- Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- The person providing such payment.
verb
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- To release a person under such guarantee.
- To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.“to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier”
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: BAIL-S
