Bailee vs. Bailer — What's the Difference?

A person with whom property is left for safekeeping.

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

(legal) One who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other.

Release from imprisonment provided by the payment of such money.

A person who is granted bail.

A person who provides this security.

The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.

A container used for emptying water from a boat.

The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered

To secure the release of by providing security.

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

(Informal) To extricate from a difficult situation

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

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

One who bails or lades.

A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.

(legal) bailor

A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.

A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.

See Bailor.

One who bails or lades.

A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.