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1. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.2. Release from imprisonment provided by the payment of such money.3. A person who provides this security. (bailed, bail·ing, bails) 4. To secure the release of by providing security. 5. To release (a person) for whom security has been paid. 6. Informal To extricate from a difficult situation: always bailing you out of trouble. 7. To transfer (property) to another for a special purpose but without permanent transference of ownership. Bail - the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial); "he is out on bail" Verb 8. bail - release after a security has been paid bail - secure the release of (someone) by providing security free, loose, unloose, unloosen, release, liberate - grant freedom to; free from confinement 9. bail - deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, turn in, deliver, render - to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" 10. bail - secure the release of (someone) by providing security guarantee, vouch - give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the quality of my products" bail - release after a security has been paid 11. bail - empty (a vessel) by bailing. noun (Law) security, bond, guarantee, pledge, warranty, indemnity, surety, guaranty He was freed on bail pending an appeal.
bail out escape, withdraw, get away, retreat, make your getaway, break free or out, make or effect your escape The pilot bailed out safely.