bail

ot noun

1. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
2. Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
3. The person providing such payment.
4. A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.

fe’l verb

1. To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment. to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier
2. To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out. to bail water out of a boat
3. To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out. to bail a boat
4. To exit quickly. With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail.