The murder suspect was out on a one million dollar bail awaiting trial.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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
