Bail (disambiguation)

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The word bail can have these meanings:-

• See bail and wikt:bail for security (usually a sum of money), exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial by a lawcourt, and related meanings.
• A bail (cricket) is one of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket in cricket.
• The semicircular handle of a bucket, kettle, or pail.
• A ring in Jewellery, used usually for connecting a pendant or amulet to a necklace at the correct angle.
• A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
  • As a verb: to remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
• See Rebreather#Bailout for an emergency second breathing gas supply on a rebreather scuba set.

As a verb:-

• In finance, to bail out is to rescue a person or corporation from bankruptcy, and similar.
• To bail out is to parachute out of an aircraft in an emergency. Sometimes spelt bale out in Britain.
  • And by extension, to escape in a hurry from other situations, e.g.: "I spotted in time a plot to land me with a huge bill for everybody's drink, and baled out home from the gathering through the staff exit and watched the rest of an evening's television."
  • (slang): To leave or not attend, as in "I'm going to bail on this afternoon's meeting.".
• In extreme sports jargon, to fall.