Bail

What do we mean by bail?

Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. noun

Release from imprisonment provided by the payment of such money. noun

A person who provides this security. noun

To secure the release of by providing security. transitive verb

To release (a person) for whom security has been paid. transitive verb

To extricate from a difficult situation. transitive verb

(jump/skip) To fail to appear in court and so forfeit one's bail. idiom

(make bail) To secure enough money or property to pay the amount of one's bail. idiom

To remove (water) from a boat by repeatedly filling a container and emptying it over the side. intransitive verb

To empty (a boat) of water by bailing. intransitive verb

To empty a boat of water by bailing. intransitive verb

To parachute from an aircraft; eject. Often used with out. intransitive verb

To abandon a project or enterprise. Often used with out. intransitive verb

A container used for emptying water from a boat. noun

The arched hooplike handle of a container, such as a pail. noun

An arch or hoop, such as one of those used to support the top of a covered wagon. noun

A hinged bar on a typewriter that holds the paper against the platen. noun

The pivoting U-shaped part of a fishing reel that guides the line onto the spool during rewinding. noun

A small loop, usually of metal, attached to a pendant to enable it to be strung on a necklace or bracelet. noun

A pole or bar used to confine or separate animals. 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.

A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.

A person who bails water out of a boat.

Custody; keeping.

Words that are spelled similarly to bail:
bail.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bail:
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Words that rhyme with bail:
scale, rail, pale, hail, entail, trail, mail, avail, email, whale, sale, detail, tail, prevail, nail, cocktail, fail, curtail, ale, sail, tale, veil, assail, hale, retail, stale, gale, bale, frail, quail, travail, vale, wail, male, dovetail, blackmail, flail, wholesale, swale, zale, telltale, voicemail, pail, dale, ail, braille, kale, grail, shale, jail, female, upscale, snail, wale, vail, derail, unveil, impale, exhale, yale, surveil, fairytale, inhale, abigail, holy grail, foxtail, quale, cale, gmail, guardrail, ponytail, thumbnail, handrail, brail, greenmail, gael, dwale, gail, coattail, dail, orrell, toenail, resale, monorail, fantail, martingale, airedale, horsetail, clydesdale, countervail, folktale, airmail, soleil, hobnail, biennale, faille, kail, calle, salle, shail.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bail:
excessive, special, high, common, reasonable, heavy, anticipatory, sufficient, low, dollar, the, conditional, lower, insufficient, higher, nominal, necessary, substantial, top, exorbitant, unreasonable, furnished, monetary, immediate, interim, unconditional, perpetual, moderate, fresh, enormous, satisfactory, equitable, straw, leg, requisite, huge, gonna, pretrial, modest, suitable, responsible, furnish, stiff, punishment, prohibitive, sham, minimal, off, unsecured, xcessive, arbitrary, proffered, and.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bail:
bond, bonds, lie, out, set, reform, bondsmen, money, piece, setting, compulsory, disc, outs, way, comp, hearing, bearing, practices, bondsman, application, ways, court, jumping, decisions, hearings, handle, agents, amounts, officials, water, funds, demanded, hostels, commissioners, schemes, books, room, lot, jumper, provisions, refused, ins, projects, pull.

Consonant match to bail:
ball, bill, bell, bowl, bull, bale, boil, bile, bole, belle, bawl, boyle, burl, boll, bel, beal, boule, bal, bol, boole, berle, beale, bil, baile, beall, biel, boulle, birle, boal, balle, beel, bolle, bayle, bohl, beil, bille, bahl, behl, buol, biehl, bihl, beyl, boehl.

Words that sound like bail:
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