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The correct spelling is bail.
How to pronounce bail
/beɪ̯l/
nounIPA: /beɪ̯l/
Say it like: Bay-l
The correct spelling is bail. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. For example: "to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier"
Usage Examples
“to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier”
“to bail water out of a boat”
“to bail a boat”
Meanings
noun
- 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 on payment of such money.
- 3.The person providing such payment.
- 4.A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- 5.A person who bails water out of a boat.
verb
- 1.To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- 2.To release a person under such guarantee.
- 3.To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
- 4.To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
- 5.To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
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