out on bail

out on bail
out on bail
out of jail after a court appearance and pending trial because bail bond money has been paid. (The money will be forfeited if the person who is out on bail does not appear for trial at the proper time.) •

Bob got out on bail waiting for his trial.

The robber committed another crime while out on bail.

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{adv. phr.} Released from prison because a security deposit known as "bail" has been put up by an individual or a bail bond broker. * /The murder suspect was out on a one million dollar bail awaiting trial./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • out on bail — {adv. phr.} Released from prison because a security deposit known as bail has been put up by an individual or a bail bond broker. * /The murder suspect was out on a one million dollar bail awaiting trial./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • out\ on\ bail — adv. phr. Released from prison because a security deposit known as bail has been put up by an individual or a bail bond broker. The murder suspect was out on a one million dollar bail awaiting trial …   Словарь американских идиом

  • out on bail — released from jail by placing a money bond which guarantees a prisoner will return to court …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bail — bail1 [bāl] n. [ME & OFr, power, control, custody < OFr baillier, to keep in custody, deliver < L bajulare, to bear a burden < bajulus, porter, carrier] 1. money, a bond, etc. deposited with the court to obtain the temporary release of… …   English World dictionary

  • Bail-out — (auch Bailout, Bail Out) bezeichnet: Bail out (Wirtschaft), die Schuldenübernahme und Tilgung durch Dritte Bail out (Internet), eine Messgröße des Web Publishing Bail out (Luftfahrt), einen Begriff der militärischen Luftfahrt …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • bail-out — see ↑bail out below. • • • Main Entry: ↑bail * * * bail|out or bail out «BAYL OWT», noun. 1. the action of bailing out of an aircraft. 2. an emergency rescue or relief, as through financial aid: »It [a country] presumably depends on another… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bail — Bail, n. [OF. bail guardian, administrator, fr. L. bajulus. See {Bail} to deliver.] 1. Custody; keeping. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Silly Faunus now within their bail. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) The person or persons who procure the release… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bail|out — or bail out «BAYL OWT», noun. 1. the action of bailing out of an aircraft. 2. an emergency rescue or relief, as through financial aid: »It [a country] presumably depends on another bailout by the U.S. (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

  • bail — bail1 [beıl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: keeping someone as a prisoner , from baillier to deliver, keep as a prisoner , from Medieval Latin bajulare to control , from Latin bajulus someone who carries loads ] 1.) [U] money left with …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bail — I n. 1) to grant, set bail 2) to post, put up, stand bail for; (colloq.) to go bail for 3) to make, raise bail 4) to deny smb. bail 5) to forfeit, jump, skip bail 6) on bail (to release smb. on bail; to be set free on a thousand dollars bail) II… …   Combinatory dictionary

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