• 1. a sum of money by which a person is bound to take responsibility for the appearance in court of another person or himself or herself, forfeited if the person fails to appear
• 2. the person or persons so binding themselves; surety
• 3. the system permitting release of a person from custody where such security has been taken
• 4. to release or obtain the release of (a person) from custody, security having been made
• 5. See also bail out
• 6. C14: from Old French: custody, from baillier to hand over,...

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• 1. to remove (water) from (a boat)
• 2. C13: from Old French baille bucket, from Latin b a iulus carrier

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• 1. either of two small wooden bars placed across the tops of the stumps to form the wicket
• 2. a partition between stalls in a stable or barn, for horses
• 3. a portable dairy house built on wheels or skids
• 4. a framework in a cowshed used to secure the head of a cow during milking
• 5. See bail up
• 6. C18: from Old French baile stake, fortification, probably from Latin baculum stick

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• 1. the semicircular handle of a kettle, bucket, etc
• 2. a semicircular support for a canopy
• 3. a movable bar on a typewriter that holds the paper against the platen
• 4. C15: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse beygja to bend

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