English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪl|-eɪl
Homophones
bale
Noun
bail (plural: bails)
- Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- The person providing such payment.
- Cricket One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
- A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- Furniture, Normaly curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull.
Translations
trans-top|security
Finnish: takaus
German: Kaution f
Hebrew: ער��ת (arvut) f
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (hoshakukin)
Polish: kaucja f
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trans-top|bucket or scoop
Finnish: äyskäri
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Verb
en-verb
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- To release a person under such guarantee.
- nautical To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
- slang: To leave or not attend.
#: I'm going to bail on this afternoon's meeting.
Translations
trans-top|to remove water
Finnish: äyskäröidä
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Related terms
bail out
jump bail
out on bail
Irish
Noun
bail f
- order
Declension
;Second declension
Bare forms
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!Case
!Singular
!Plural
|-
| Nominative
| bail
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| Vocative
| a bhail
|-
| Genitive
| baile
|-
| Dative
| bail
|}
Forms with the definite article
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!Case
!Singular
!Plural
|-
| Nominative
| an bhail
| rowspan=3 | none
|-
| Genitive
| na baile
|-
| Dative
| leis an mbail<br />
don bhail
|}
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