bailie (also baillie) /bālˈi/

1. In Scotland, the title of a magistrate who presides in a burgh court and is elected by the town council from among the councillors (now historical)
2. A sheriff's officer (obsolete)
3. The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county (obsolete)
4. A land-steward (obsolete)

bailˈieship (also baillˈieship) noun

• payings
• paylist
• payload
• payloads
• paymaster
• Paymaster General
• paymasters
• payment
• payment card
• payment cards
• payments
• paynim
• paynimries
• paynimry
• paynims
• pay off
• pay-off
• pay-office
• pay-offices
• pay off old scores
• pay-offs
• payola
• payolas
• pay one'its way
• pay one's compliments