bailnoun
uk/beɪl/us/beɪl/bail noun (MONEY)
[ U ] an amount of money that a person who has been accused of a crime pays to a law court so that they can be released until their trial. The payment is a way of making certain that the person will return to court for trial:
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Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissible
- affidavit
- affiliation order
- bale
- court martial
- defend
- inadmissible
- injunction
- judgment
- judicature
- judicial
- plea
- remedy
- retrial
- Rex
- ruling
- separation
- sequester
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bail noun (CRICKET)
the two small pieces of wood on top of the stumps in a game of cricket, that can be knocked off with the ball to make the player who is batting (= hitting the ball) out
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Cricket
- 12th man
- bails 2
- batswoman
- batting average
- bowling
- century
- cricketer
- declare
- delivery
- fall
- field
- maiden
- overthrow
- run sb out
- six
- test match
- the infield
- the outfield
- wicket
- wicketkeeper
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bailverb
uk/beɪl/us/beɪl/bail verb (REMOVE WATER)
[ I ] UK also bale to remove water from a boat using a container:
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Sailing & boating
- bale
- becalmed
- crew
- cruise
- draft
- knot
- nautical
- navigable
- ocean-going
- pilot
- rafting
- roll
- sail
- sea legs
- seafaring
- seamanship
- shipboard
- tack
- whitewater rafting
- yachtswoman
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bail verb (MONEY)
[ T ] If someone accused of a crime is bailed, they are released until their trial after paying bail to the court:
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Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissible
- affidavit
- affiliation order
- bale
- court martial
- defend
- inadmissible
- injunction
- judgment
- judicature
- judicial
- plea
- remedy
- retrial
- Rex
- ruling
- separation
- sequester
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bail verb (STOP)
[ I ] informal to stop doing something or leave a place before something is finished: