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noun

[noncount] :an amount of money given to a court to allow a prisoner to leave jail and return later for a trial The bail paid by a person accused of a crime is returned when the person comes back to court for a trial. To set bail is to decide how much money a person must pay in order to get out of jail until a trial.

The judge/court set bail at $1 million. = The bail was set at $1 million. To grant bail or give bail is to allow a prisoner to pay money to leave jail until a trial.

It is not clear whether the judge will grant bail in this case. If you are denied bail or held without bail, a court will not allow you to pay money to leave jail until your trial.

The two men are being held without bail.

Bail was denied, and he was sent to prison to await his trial. If you are free on bail or out on bail or have been released/freed on bail, you have paid the court money and are now out of jail and waiting for your trial.

He is now free on bail. = He's out on bail.

They were both free/out on $10,000 bail. [=they both paid the court $10,000 and promised to return for their trials]

She was released on $5,000 bail. [=she left jail after paying the court $5,000] If you make bail or post bail, you give enough money to the court and can leave jail until your trial.

He didn't have enough money to make bail so he had to stay in prison until his trial.

Someone posted bail for you. You're free to go. To jump bail or skip bail is to pay money to get out of jail and then not return for your trial.

A day after he was released from jail, he decided to jump bail and leave the country.

They skipped bail a week before the trial.

verb

bails; bailed; bailing

compare 3bail

bail out

[phrasal verb]

bail (someone) out or bail out (someone) :to make it possible for someone to leave jail by paying bail

She went to the jail to bail out her boyfriend. = She bailed him out of jail.

bail (someone or something) out or bail out (someone or something) :to help (someone) solve a problem or leave a difficult situation

They're always bailing their son out of trouble. :to help (a business, an organization, etc.) by giving or lending money

The federal government bailed out [=gave money to] their struggling company.

bailing out poor countries - see also bailout

verb

bails; bailed; bailing

[+ obj] :to remove or throw water from or out of a boat

We used a bucket to bail water out of the canoe. = We used a bucket to bail out the canoe.

bailing water from the bottom of the boat

[no obj] US informal :to leave a difficult situation

She bailed [=bailed out] when times got tough. [=she left when life became difficult]

I think we'd better bail. [=bail out] - compare 2bail

bail out

[phrasal verb] chiefly US

to jump out of an airplane with a parachute

The pilot bailed out [=(Brit) baled out] just before the plane crashed.

to leave or escape a harmful or difficult situation

Most investors have bailed out [=(Brit) baled out] of the business.

They bailed out [=backed out] of the deal.

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