Library / English Dictionary

BAIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)

Example:

he is out on bail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bail" is a kind of...):

legal system (a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

bail (secure the release of (someone) by providing security)

bail (release after a security has been paid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

Example:

a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman

Synonyms:

bail; bail bond; bond

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("bail" is a kind of...):

recognisance; recognizance ((law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited)

Domain category:

criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)

Derivation:

bail (release after a security has been paid)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove (water) from a vessel with a container

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "bail" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Verb group:

bail (empty (a vessel) by bailing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Empty (a vessel) by bailing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "bail" is one way to...):

empty (make void or empty of contents)

Verb group:

bail (remove (water) from a vessel with a container)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Secure the release of (someone) by providing security

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "bail" is one way to...):

guarantee; vouch (give surety or assume responsibility)

Verb group:

bail (release after a security has been paid)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

bail (the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial))

bailable (admitting of bail)

bailor (the person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "bail" is one way to...):

deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in (to surrender someone or something to another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bailee (the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered)

bailment (the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Release after a security has been paid

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "bail" is one way to...):

free; liberate; loose; release; unloose; unloosen (grant freedom to; free from confinement)

Verb group:

bail (secure the release of (someone) by providing security)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

bail (the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial))

bail ((criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial)

bailable (admitting of bail)

Credits

 Context examples: 

To be cast away on an island had not entered into my calculations, so we were without a kettle or cooking utensils of any sort; but I made shift with the tin used for bailing the boat, and later, as we consumed our supply of canned goods, we accumulated quite an imposing array of cooking vessels.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)