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bail 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: 'keeping someone as a prisoner', from baillier 'to deliver, keep as a prisoner', from Medieval Latin bajulare 'to control', from Latin bajulus 'someone who carries loads']
[U] money left with a court of law to make sure that a prisoner will return when their trial starts
::Carpenter is free on bail while he appeals his conviction.
::She was murdered by a man who was out on bail for rape.
::The three men were released on bail pending an appeal.
::He is not likely to be granted bail .
::Carter has been refused bail and will remain in custody.
::The judge ordered that Jones be held without bail .
::Why can't you ask your father to put up bail for you?
::Two of the defendants jumped bail and fled to New York.
:: Bail was set at $30,000.
[C usually plural] one of the two small pieces of wood laid on top of the stumps in a game of cricket
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
(out) on bail
release somebody on bail
grant somebody bail
refuse somebody bail
post bail
hold somebody without bail (=make someone stay in prison until their trial)
stand bail/put up bail BrE (=pay someone's bail)
jump bail also skip bail British English (=not return to trial as you promised)
set somebody's bail at something (=say how much bail they must pay)
conditional bail BrE (=bail given if someone agrees to do something)
unconditional bail BrE (=bail given without having to agree to do something)