0 past simple and past participle of bail
2 If someone accused of a crime is bailed, they are released until their trial after paying bail to the court:
She was yesterday bailed for three weeks on drink-driving offences.
[ + to infinitive ] He was bailed to appear at the Magistrates' Court next month.
3 to stop doing something or leave a place before something is finished:
It was so boring I bailed early.
These included tightened regulatory oversight and a sell-off of many of the bailed-out banks to foreigners.
There could be no doubt that the king did not want the prisoners bailed while the loan was still being gathered.
For example, we used the tool to browse example cases where students started to read stories but then 'bailed out' without finishing them.
The province was bailed out by the central government when short-term expenditures looked to be beyond its capacity to repay.
The plaintiffs' counsel argued two lines, that imprisonment without a specific known cause was illegal and that those imprisoned by special command of the king should be bailed.
Counsel took their stand on the fundamental liberties of the subject, the right to be tried for the crimes alleged against them or bailed while awaiting trial.
It bailed out the banks and stepped up when the private sector failed.
I am told that we are talking about 300 farmers who need to be bailed out.
