bail

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(MONEY) 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
(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
(REMOVE WATER) to remove water from a boat using a container
(MONEY) If someone accused of a crime is bailed, they are released until their trial after paying bail to the court.

Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money will be lost.
Bail is permission for an arrested person to be released after bail has been paid.
If someone is bailed, they are released while they are waiting for their trial, after paying an amount of money to the court.
If you bail, you use a container to remove water from a boat or from a place which is flooded.
Bail out means the same as .
If someone who has been arrested makes bail, or if another person makes bail for them, the arrested person is released on bail.
If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
either of two small wooden bars placed across the tops of the stumps to form the wicket
the semicircular handle of a kettle, bucket, etc
a framework in a cowshed used to secure the head of a cow during milking