To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail. / (law) To release a person under such guarantee. / (law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.

Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. / (law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.

plural of bail

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bail

simple past tense and past participle of bail

Alternative form of bail in

plural of bailing

(law) Having been granted bail.

A surname originating as an occupation.

The process of saving a bank from insolvency by making use of its internal resources (such as client deposits).