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bails

/beɪlz/

bails is the plural of bail.

bails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bail.

Meaning of bail

Noun

bail (countable and uncountable, plural bails)

  1. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
    • He was granted bail for £20000.
  2. (UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
  3. (UK) The person providing such payment.
  4. A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
    • The bail of a canoe […] made of a human skull.1770, James Cook, Voyages Round the World
  5. A person who bails water out of a boat.
  6. (obsolete) Custody; keeping.
    • Silly Faunus now within their baile.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book VII, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Proper noun capitalized: Bails

Bails

  1. (plural) plural of Bail

Phrases with bails

Words that rhyme with bails

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Questions about bails

What is bails the plural of?
Bails is the plural of bail.
What part of speech is bails?
Bails is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bails?
Bails is pronounced /beɪlz/.

Words near bails in the dictionary

  1. bailor
  2. bailors
  3. bailout
  4. bailouts
  5. bailpieces
  6. bails
  7. bails on
  8. bails out
  9. bails out on
  10. bails up
  11. bailsman

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