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.

He was granted bail for £20000.

I ſuppoſe vve ſhall hardly Rehearſe the Comedy this Morning; for the Author vvas Arreſted as he vvas going home from King's Coffee-houſe; and, as I heard, it vvas for upvvards of Four Pound: I ſuppoſe he vvill hardly get Bail.

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.

The bail of a canoe […] made of a human skull.

A person who bails water out of a boat.

To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.

For the first time, the arrests broadened beyond payments to police, with a Ministry of Defence employee and a member of the Armed forces held by police before also being bailed to a date in May.

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

To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.

to bail water out of a boat

we had hard work to reach our haven, having to bail out the water with my straw hat.

To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.

to bail a boat

By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out.

To leave or exit abruptly.

With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail.

The Teacher Home Visit Program takes a huge commitment—time, energy, patience, diplomacy. Quite a few schools […] have tried it and bailed.

To fail to meet a commitment (to a person).

"No one bails on Bennie Milagros. No one, comprende? I'm gonna hold you to that midnight run — "

And I ain't got no help. Goddamn Fitch bails on me, scrambles over to Finance.