(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Note: The spelling 'bale' is also used for meaning 4, and for meanings 1 and 3 of the phrasal verb.
1.
Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money will be lost.
He was freed on ~ pending an appeal...
The high court set ~ at $8,000.
N-UNCOUNT: oft on N
2.
Bail is permission for an arrested person to be released after ~ has been paid.
He was yesterday given ~ by South Yorkshire magistrates.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If someone is ~ed, they are released while they are waiting for their trial, after paying an amount of money to the court.
He was ~ed for probation reports...
He was ~ed to appear before local magistrates on 5 November.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed to-inf
4.
If you ~, you use a container to remove water from a boat or from a place which is flooded.
We kept her afloat for a couple of hours by ~ing frantically.
VERB: V, also V n
•
Bail out means the same as ~ .
A crew was sent down the shaft to close it off and ~ out all the water...
The flood waters have receded since then, but residents are still ~ing out.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P
5.
If a prisoner jumps ~, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on ~.
He had jumped ~ last year while being tried on drug charges.
PHRASE: V inflects