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bail

Definition

  • noun: an amount of money given to a court to allow a prisoner to leave jail and return later for a trial
  • noun: a container used to remove water from a boat
  • verb: to remove or throw water 'from' or 'out of' a boat
  • verb: to clear (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side
  • verb: to release under bail
  • usually used with 'out'
  • synonyms: lade, deliver, release

Examples

  • They were both 'free/out on' $10,000 'bail'. [=they both paid the court $10,000 and promised to return for their trials]

  • We used a bucket to 'bail' water 'out of' the canoe. = We used a bucket to 'bail out' the canoe.

  • She 'bailed' [='bailed out'] when times got tough. [=she left when life became difficult]

Movie quotes

  • (..) -I don't know Grown-ups Mark, are you there? Mark? Paulsson and Bernanke just left the White House. There's going to be a bail-out Well, they had to! Right? We paid for mortgages with collaterals -They knew! Cash would have stopped coming out the ATM, they had to back-stop this They knew the tax-payers would bail them out, they weren't stupid, they just didn't care! Yeah, 'cause they're fucking crooks! But, at lest we're gonna see some of them go to jail. Right? We need to gonna have to break up the banks (..)
    2015 The Big Short