bail

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• bāl pane–pain merger
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /beɪl/
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• Australian: /bæɪl/
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• India, North: /beːl/
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• India, South: /bejl/ without the pane–pain merger
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• rhymes with -eɪl
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• homophone: bale
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• CMU ARPABET: B EY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English baille, from the Old French verb bailler (“to deliver or hand over”) and noun bail (“lease”), from Latin bāiulāre (“carry or bear”), from baiulus (“porter; steward”) (English: bailiff).

From Middle English beyle, from Old English bīeġels, from bīeġan + -els.

From a shortening of bail out, ultimately same as above.

Borrowed from French baillier.

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَفَالَة (kafāla) — security
• Bulgarian: гаранция (garancija) — security
• Bulgarian: залог (zalog) — security
• Catalan: caució — security
• Cebuano: piyansa — security
• Chinese Mandarin: 保釋金 /保释金 (bǎoshìjīn) — security
• Czech: kauce — security
• Danish: kaution — security
• Dutch: borgtocht — security
• Finnish: takuut — security
• Finnish: takuusumma — security
• French: caution — security
• German: Kaution — security
• Greek: εγγύηση (engýisi) — security
• Hawaiian: pēla — security
• Hebrew: ערבות (arvut) — security
• Hiligaynon: piyansa — security
• Hungarian: óvadék — security
• Icelandic: trygging — security
• Irish: bannaí — security
• Italian: cauzione — security
• Japanese: 保釈金 (hoshakukin) — security
• Latin: vadimōnium — security
• Macedonian: кауција (kaucija) — security
• Māori: moni taurangi — security
• Māori: utu here — security
• Old English: borg — security
• Polish: kaucja — security
• Portuguese: fiança — security
• Portuguese: caução — security
• Romanian: cauțiune — security
• Russian: зало́г (zalóg) — security
• Spanish: fianza — security
• Spanish: caución — security
• Swedish: borgen — security
• Tagalog: piyansa — security
• Tagalog: lagak-panagot — security
• Turkish: kefalet — security
• Urdu: ضمانت (zamānat) — security
• Vietnamese: tiền tại ngoại — security
• Welsh: mechnïaeth — security
• Catalan: fiança — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Cebuano: piyansa — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Chinese Mandarin: 保釋 /保释 (bǎoshì) — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Chinese Mandarin: 取保候審 /取保候审 (qǔbǎo hòushěn) — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Danish: løsladelse mod kaution — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Dutch: borgtocht — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Esperanto: kaŭcio — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• French: libération sous caution — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• French: liberté sous caution — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Italian: libertà provvisoria — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Japanese: 保釈 (hoshaku) — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Māori: moni taurangi — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Māori: utu here — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Persian: وثیقه (vasiqe) — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Portuguese: fiança — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Russian: освобождение под залог (osvoboždenije pod zalog) — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Spanish: libertad bajo fianza — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Spanish: excarcelación so caución — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Swedish: borgen — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Tagalog: piyansa — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Urdu: ضَمانَت (zamānat) — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Vietnamese: tại ngoại — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Vietnamese: tại ngoại hậu cứu — release from imprisonment on payment of such money
• Danish: kautionist — person providing such payment.
• Finnish: takuumies — person providing such payment.
• Finnish: takaaja — person providing such payment.
• French: caution — person providing such payment.
• Greek: εγγυητής (engyitís) — person providing such payment.
• Portuguese: fiador — person providing such payment.
• Russian: залогодатель (zalogodatelʹ) — person providing such payment.
• Swedish: borgenär — person providing such payment.
• Vietnamese: người đóng tiền tại ngoại — person providing such payment.
• Bulgarian: ведро (vedro) — bucket or scoop
• Bulgarian: кофа (kofa) — bucket or scoop
• Catalan: sàssola — bucket or scoop
• Fijian: inima — bucket or scoop
• Finnish: äyskäri — bucket or scoop
• French: écope — bucket or scoop
• Italian: sassola — bucket or scoop
• Malay: limas — bucket or scoop
• Māori: tīheru — bucket or scoop
• Māori: tatā — bucket or scoop
• Polish: czerpak — bucket or scoop
• Portuguese: balde — bucket or scoop
• Serbo-Croatian: vjedro — bucket or scoop
• Spanish: balde — bucket or scoop
• Tagalog: panlimas — bucket or scoop
• Finnish: äyskäröijä — person who bails
• Portuguese: baldeador — person who bails
• Finnish: sanka — hoop, ring or handle
• French: anse — hoop, ring or handle
• Unami: sënapi — hoop, ring or handle
• Finnish: palikka — in cricket - crosspiece on top of the stump to form a wicket
• Gujarati: ચકલી (caklī) — in cricket - crosspiece on top of the stump to form a wicket
• Māori: kapi — in cricket - crosspiece on top of the stump to form a wicket
• Māori: pērapu — A frame to restrain an animal
• Finnish: maksaa takuut — to secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail
• German: Kaution stellen — to secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail
• Spanish: excarcelar — to secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail
• Spanish: desencarcelar — to secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail
• Finnish: päästää vapaaksi takuita vastaan — legal: to release a person under such guarantee
• Finnish: pantata — legal: to hand over personal property as a bailment
• Bulgarian: изгребвам (izgrebvam) — to remove water
• Fijian: nimata — to remove water
• Finnish: äyskäröidä — to remove water
• French: écoper — to remove water
• German: leerpumpen — to remove water
• Ancient Greek: ἀντλέω (antléō) — to remove water
• Irish: taosc — to remove water
• Irish: taom — to remove water
• Italian: sgottare — to remove water
• Malay: menimba — to remove water
• Māori: tīheru — to remove water
• Palauan: melimet — to remove water
• Portuguese: baldear — to remove water
• Russian: отчерпывать (otčerpyvatʹ) — to remove water
• Russian: вычёрпывать (vyčórpyvatʹ) — to remove water
• Spanish: achicar — to remove water
• Tagalog: limasin — to remove water
• Fijian: nimata — to remove water from by scooping
• Finnish: äyskäröidä — to remove water from by scooping
• German: ausschöpfen — to remove water from by scooping
• Irish: taosc — to remove water from by scooping
• Irish: taom — to remove water from by scooping
• Tagalog: limasin — to remove water from by scooping
• Finnish: vapauttaa — to set free
• Spanish: largarse — (intransitive, slang) To leave or exit abruptly.
• Māori: pērapu — To secure an animal before performing some action on it