Plural of bail
regular plural
The plural of bail is bails.
Forms of bail
| Singular | bail /beɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | bails /beɪlz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Bails in a sentence
- "No one bails on Bennie Milagros.1997, Eric Lustbader, Dark homecoming
- Goddamn Fitch bails on me, scrambles over to Finance.1999, Robert Draper, Hadrian's walls
- Before he closed and opened his eyes, the bails on the wicket behind Johnny Masih were shattered.2012, K. L. Mohana Varma, Cricket-Indo: The Story of an Indo-Pak One-Day Cricket Turf War, page 205. From the entry procession
Meaning of bail
- noun Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- noun Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- noun The person providing such payment.
Questions about the plural of bail
- What is the plural of bail?
- The plural of bail is bails.
- Is bail countable?
- Bail is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bail (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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