Synonyms for bail
beɪlbail

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1. bail

   The first four words agree in denoting something given or deposited as an assurance of something to be given, paid, or done. An earnest is of the same kind as that to be given, a portion of it delivered in advance, as when part of the purchase-money is paid, according to the common expression, "to bind the bargain." A pledge or security may be wholly different in kind from that to be given or paid, and may greatly exceed it in value. Security may be of real or personal property — anything of sufficient value to make the creditor secure; a pledge is always of personal property or chattels. Every pawnshop contains unredeemed pledges; land, merchandise, bonds, etc., are frequently offered and accepted as security. A person may become security or surety for another's payment of a debt, appearance in court, etc.; in the latter case, he is said to become bail for that person; the person accused gives bail for himself. Gage survives only as a literary word, chiefly in certain phrases; as, "the gage of battle."

   Synonyms:
   earnest, gage, pledge, security, surety

   Preposition:
   Security for the payment of a debt; security to the state, for the prisoner, in the sum of a thousand dollars.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bail, bail bond, bondnoun

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

   "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"

   Synonyms:
   bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, hamper, alliance, adhesion, trammel, bond, attachment

2. bailverb

   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)

   "he is out on bail"

   Synonyms:
   bail bond, bond

3. bailverb

   release after a security has been paid

4. bailverb

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

5. bailverb

   secure the release of (someone) by providing security

6. bailverb

   empty (a vessel) by bailing

7. bailverb

   remove (water) from a vessel with a container

Matched Categories

1. • Deliver
   • Empty
   • Guarantee
   • Release
   • Remove

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bailnoun

   Synonyms:
   security, surety

2. bailnoun

   Synonyms:
   handle (of a pail, &c.)

3. bailverb

   Synonyms:
   admit to bail

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bailnoun

   Synonyms:
   security, surety, vadium

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "bail":

   surety, bond, hook, suretyship, guarantor, lease, deposit, kafala, parole

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1. Getty Images:

   A non-violent thief who can post $3,000 bail is no more threatening than one who can't, the money is irrelevant; being poor doesn't make a defendant inherently more dangerous. But as practiced, NY’s legal system has long operated as if poverty equals danger.

2. Neama Rahmani:

   One thousand dollars bail is completely inappropriate for a defendant like Brooks with a significant criminal history of violence, being a danger to the community, and a flight risk.

3. United States:

   I think The Justice Department is clear from the indictment that came out The Justice Department's not about punishing journalism, The Justice Department is about assisting the hacking of a military computer to steal information from the United States government, and look, I'll wait and see what happens with the charges and how The Justice Department proceeds, but he skipped bail in the UK, the bottom line is United States has to answer for what United States has done, at least as it's been charged.

4. Scott Applewhite:

   We condemned the violence on Jan. 6 and we condemned it last summer. It would’ve been nice if our colleagues on the other side had done the same, last summer when police were being pelted with frozen water bottles, bricks and beat up, where were they? They were raising money to bail out rioters who were doing those very actions to the police.And today we get a lecture about how we haven’t been consistent, you’ve got to be kidding me!

5. Rick Savage:

   I dont think anything willhappen because she [Mills] is over herhead.Shes not consulting the experts, shes just doing this to break our state even more, we are broke. We were broke before this. She spent our rainy day fund in her first two months in office, so shes trying to get federalmoney to bail her out. She doesnt care at this pointabout thepeople in the state of Maine ...If she did, she would be reachingout to these businesses.