Bail vs. Bale — What's the Difference?

Bail is a set of pre-trial restrictions that are imposed on a suspect to ensure that they will not hamper the judicial process. Bail is the conditional release of a defendant with the promise to appear in court when required.

French name for Basle

The temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money is lodged to guarantee their appearance in court

Make up into bales

Either of the two crosspieces bridging the stumps, which the bowler and fielders try to dislodge with the ball to get the batsman out

Variant spelling of bail

A bar on a typewriter or computer printer which holds the paper steady.

A large bundle of raw or finished material tightly bound with cord or wire and often wrapped

A fastening that secures a crampon to the sole of a boot.

Evil

A bar or pole separating horses in an open stable.

Mental suffering; anguish

Release or secure the release of (a prisoner) on payment of bail

To wrap in a bale or in bales

Confront (someone) with the intention of robbing them

Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.

Secure (a cow) during milking.

Suffering, woe, torment.

Scoop water out of (a ship or boat)

(obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.

Abandon a commitment, obligation, or activity

(archaic) A funeral pyre.

Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.

(archaic) A beacon-fire.

Release from imprisonment provided by the payment of such money.

A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.

A person who provides this security.

A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.

A container used for emptying water from a boat.

A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).

The arched hooplike handle of a container, such as a pail.

A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.

An arch or hoop, such as one of those used to support the top of a covered wagon.

A block of compressed cannabis.

A hinged bar on a typewriter that holds the paper against the platen.

(transitive) To wrap into a bale.

The pivoting U-shaped part of a fishing reel that guides the line onto the spool during rewinding.

To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

A small loop, usually of metal, attached to a pendant to enable it to be strung on a necklace or bracelet.

A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw, hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation.

Chiefly British A pole or bar used to confine or separate animals.

Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.

(Sports) One of the two crossbars that form the top of a wicket used in the game of cricket.

Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.

To secure the release of by providing security.

To make up in a bale.

To release (a person) for whom security has been paid.

A large bundle bound for storage or transport

(Informal) To extricate from a difficult situation

A city in northwestern Switzerland

To remove (water) from a boat by repeatedly filling a container and emptying it over the side.

Make into a bale;

To empty (a boat) of water by bailing.

To empty a boat of water by bailing.

To parachute from an aircraft; eject. Often used with out

To abandon a project or enterprise. Often used with out

Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.

Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.

The person providing such payment.

A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.

A person who bails water out of a boat.

(obsolete) Custody; keeping.

A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).

A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).

A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.

A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.

A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.

(cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.

(furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.

To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.

(legal) To release a person under such guarantee.

(legal) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.

To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.

To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.

To set free; to deliver; to release.

(slang) To exit quickly.

To fail to meet a commitment (to a person).

To secure the head of a cow during milking.

(rare) To confine.

To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.

To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.

A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

Custody; keeping.

The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surety for his appearance in court.

The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one.

The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.

A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.

A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.

The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.

A certain limit within a forest.

A division for the stalls of an open stable.

The top or cross piece (or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.

To lade; to dip and throw; - usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.

To dip or lade water from; - often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.

To deliver; to release.

To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed.

To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier.

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial;

The legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial);

Release after a security has been paid

Deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period

Secure the release of (someone) by providing security

Empty (a vessel) by bailing

Remove (water) from a vessel with a container