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bail
noun [U] (MONEY) /beɪl/Definition
› an amount of money that a person who has been accused of a crime pays to a law court so that they can be released until their trial. The payment is a way of making certain that the person will return to court for trial: He was released/remanded on bail (of $100,000). Because of a previous conviction, the judge refused to grant bail (= allow the accused person to be released). Her parents have agreed to put up/stand (US post) (= pay) bail for her.Court cases, orders and decisions
(Definition of bail noun (MONEY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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