Definition of "bail" []

• Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. (noun)
• Release from imprisonment provided by the payment of such money. (noun)
• A person who provides this security. (noun)
• To secure the release of by providing security. (verb-transitive)
• To release (a person) for whom security has been paid. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The decision to bail is far more difficult because hope springs eternal that maybe things will get better."
• "The House bill (section starting on page 506) gives $4 TRILLION in 'bail-out' authority."
• "The bail is probably the trickiest part of the spinning reel."