bail
noun/beɪl/
Frequency rank: #4,148 most common English word
Meaning
a sum of money paid to a court to allow an accused person to be released from jail until their trial.
Example sentence
The judge set bail at ten thousand dollars so the suspect could be released until the trial.
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