Bail vs. Bale

Bailnoun

Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.

Bailnoun

Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.

Bailnoun

The person providing such payment.

Bailnoun

A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.

Bailnoun

A person who bails water out of a boat.

Bailnoun

(obsolete) Custody; keeping.

Bailnoun

A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).

Bailnoun

A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).

Bailnoun

A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.

Bailnoun

A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.

Bailnoun

A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.

Bailnoun

(cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.

Bailnoun

(furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.

Bailverb

To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.

Bailverb

(legal) To release a person under such guarantee.

Bailverb

(legal) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.

Bailverb

To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.

Bailverb

To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.

Bailverb

To set free; to deliver; to release.

Bailverb

(slang) To exit quickly.

Bailverb

(informal) To fail to meet a commitment.

Bailverb

To secure the head of a cow during milking.

Bailverb

(rare) To confine.

Bailverb

To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.

Bailverb

To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)

Bailnoun

A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

Bailnoun

Custody; keeping.

Bailnoun

The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surety for his appearance in court.

Bailnoun

The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one.

Bailnoun

The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.

Bailnoun

A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.

Bailnoun

A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.

Bailnoun

The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.

Bailnoun

A certain limit within a forest.

Bailnoun

A division for the stalls of an open stable.

Bailnoun

The top or cross piece (or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.

Bailverb

To lade; to dip and throw; - usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.

Bailverb

To dip or lade water from; - often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.

Bailverb

To deliver; to release.

Bailverb

To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed.

Bailverb

To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier.

Bailnoun

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial;

Bailnoun

the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial);

Bailverb

release after a security has been paid

Bailverb

deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period

Bailverb

secure the release of (someone) by providing security

Bailverb

empty (a vessel) by bailing

Bailverb

remove (water) from a vessel with a container

Bailnoun

the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money is lodged to guarantee their appearance in court

Bailnoun

money paid by or for someone in order to secure their release on bail

Bailnoun

either of the two crosspieces bridging the stumps, which the bowler and fielders try to dislodge with the ball to get the batsman out

Bailnoun

a bar on a typewriter or computer printer which holds the paper steady.

Bailnoun

a fastening that secures a crampon to the sole of a boot.

Bailnoun

a bar or pole separating horses in an open stable.

Bailnoun

a movable framework for securing the head of a cow during milking.

Bailverb

release or secure the release of (a prisoner) on payment of bail

Bailverb

confront (someone) with the intention of robbing them

Bailverb

detain (someone) in conversation, especially against their will

Bailverb

secure (a cow) during milking.

Bailverb

scoop water out of (a ship or boat)

Bailverb

scoop (water) out of a ship or boat

Bailverb

abandon a commitment, obligation, or activity

Bail

Bail is a set of pre-trial restrictions that are imposed on a suspect to ensure that they will not hamper the judicial process. Bail is the conditional release of a defendant with the promise to appear in court when required.

Balenoun

evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.

Balenoun

suffering, woe, torment.

Balenoun

(obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.

Balenoun

(archaic) A funeral pyre.

Balenoun

(archaic) A beacon-fire.

Balenoun

A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.

Balenoun

A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.

Balenoun

A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).

Balenoun

A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.

Baleverb

(transitive) To wrap into a bale.

Baleverb

To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

Balenoun

A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw, hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation.

Balenoun

Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.

Balenoun

Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.

Baleverb

To make up in a bale.

Baleverb

See Bail, v. t., to lade.

Balenoun

a large bundle bound for storage or transport

Balenoun

a city in northwestern Switzerland

Baleverb

make into a bale;

Balenoun

French name for Basle

Baleverb

make up into bales

Baleverb

variant spelling of bail