{
    "term": "bail",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "money that somebody agrees to pay if a person accused of a crime does not appear at their trial. When bail has been arranged, the accused person is allowed to go free until the trial.",
            "sensetop": "on bail",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(especially US English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Can anyone **put up bail** for you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was released on £2 000 bail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bail was set at $1 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge **granted/refused bail**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He committed another offence while he was out on bail *(= after  had been agreed).",
                    "contextForm": "on bail"
                },
                {
                    "text": "For very serious crimes, it is hard to get bail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She couldn't get bail and now she's lost those 20 months she spent on remand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has been granted conditional bail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rosenthal is currently free on bail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accused were held without bail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge set bail at £50 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police were successful in opposing bail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were released on police bail pending further enquiries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was sent to a bail hostel until the case came to court."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["conditional", "unconditional", "police"],
                "verb + bail": ["apply for", "allow somebody", "give somebody"],
                "bail + noun": ["application", "hearing", "bond"],
                "preposition": ["on bail", "without bail"],
                "phrases": ["an application for bail"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "either of the two small pieces of wood on top of each set of three wooden posts (called stumps)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to fail to appear at your trial after you have paid money to be allowed to go free until the trial",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He skipped bail and went on the run for two weeks."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/beɪl/",
                "audio": "ba/bail/bail__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/beɪl/",
                "audio": "ba/bail/bail__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun sense 1 Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘custody, jurisdiction’, from bailler ‘take charge of’, from Latin bajulare ‘bear a burden’. noun sense 2 Middle English (denoting the outer wall of a castle): from Old French baile ‘palisade, enclosure’, baillier ‘enclose’, perhaps from Latin baculum ‘rod, stick’."
}