bail
/beɪl/ n [U] (MONEY)Definition
› a sum of money given to a law court by a person accused of a crime so that the person can be released until the trial, at which time the money will be returned: The judge set bail at $100,000.
(Definition of bail n (MONEY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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