bail 1, noun (oh) and Levantine (iou)

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)

Levantine (iou)

Levantine noun & adjective. Now chiefly arch. or Hist. E17.
[from LEVANT noun1 + -INE1.]
A. noun. A native or inhabitant of the Levant. E17.
B. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Levant or its inhabitants; (of a ship) trading to the Levant. In early use, pertaining to the east, eastern. E17.
Levantinism noun the spirit or culture of the Levant M20.
levantinize verb trans. make Levantine in form or character E20.

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