bail
/beɪl/noun
उच्चारण बेल
ज़मानत
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money that somebody agrees to pay if a person accused of a crime does not appear at their trial; permission for a person to leave prison until their trial after this money has been promised
ज़मानत
- He was released on bail.
- The court granted bail to the shopkeeper on the condition that he would appear every month.
- The judge refused bail because the man might leave the city.
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- Her family paid the bail so she could go home.
- He is out on bail until the hearing next month.
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[T] ~ sb (out)
to release somebody on bail; to rescue somebody from a difficult situation, especially by giving money
ज़मानत पर छुड़ाना; (संकट से) उबारना
- The government bailed out the bank.
- The government had to bail out the struggling cooperative bank last year.
- Friends bailed him out when he could not pay the rent.
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- The court bailed the student after a short hearing.
- Should the state bail out companies that fail?
→Phrasal verbs 1
bail sb/sth out
to rescue somebody or something from a difficult situation, especially by giving money; to pay money so that somebody can be released from custody
(किसी को) मुसीबत से उबारना, (पैसे देकर) बचाना; ज़मानत पर छुड़ाना
- The government had to bail out the failing bank.
- His father bailed him out of debt once again.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Homophone, asked often: bail (money paid to release an accused person) and bale (a large bundle of hay or cotton).
Homophone अक्सर पूछा जाता है: bail (आरोपी को छुड़ाने के लिए दिया गया धन, ज़मानत) और bale (घास या कपास की बड़ी गठरी)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Bail out (rescue somebody, especially with money; jump out of a plane by parachute); the noun bailout.
Phrasal verb 'bail out' (किसी को उबारना, विशेषकर पैसे से; पैराशूट से विमान से कूदना); noun bailout।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Law GK: a bailable offence is one in which bail is a right; a non-bailable offence is one in which the court decides; anticipatory bail is given before arrest.
कानून GK में bailable अपराध वह है जिसमें ज़मानत अधिकार है; non-bailable में अदालत निर्णय करती है; anticipatory bail (अग्रिम ज़मानत) गिरफ़्तारी से पहले दी जाती है।
Cricket: the bails are the two small pieces of wood on top of the stumps.
क्रिकेट में bails स्टंप्स के ऊपर लकड़ी के दो छोटे टुकड़े (गिल्लियाँ) हैं।