bail [beyl] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
bail [beyl]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: money for assurance
Synonyms: bond, collateral, guarantee, pawn, pledge, recognizance, security, surety, warrant, warranty
Notes: to bail is to remove water from a boat by filling a container and emptying it over the side; to bale is wrap or make into bundles
Main Entry: dip
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: scoop, ladle
Synonyms: bail, bale, bucket, decant, dish, draft off, draw, draw out, dredge, handle, lade, lift, offer, reach into, shovel, spoon, strain
Main Entry: free
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: liberate, let go
Synonyms: absolve, acquit, bail, bail out, clear, cut loose, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose, let off the hook, let off, let out, loose, loosen, manumit, pardon, parole, put on the street, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unfix, unleash, untie
Antonyms: confine, enslave, hold, incarcerate, restrain
Example Sentences
  • Remember if a product doesn't make money our government doesn't bail it out so it goes under.
  • He was being held pending bail arrangements earlier this week but said he planned to return to teaching once released.
  • And don't look to technology to bail out coal miners.
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Main Entry: guarantee
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pledge, promise
Synonyms: agreement, assurance, attestation, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, certification, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, gage, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, recognizance, security, sure thing, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor
Main Entry: handle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something to grip
Synonyms: arm, bail, crank, ear, grasp, haft, handgrip, helve, hilt, hold, holder, knob, shaft, stem, stock, tiller
Main Entry: investment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something given, lent for a return
Synonyms: advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, flutter, grant, hunch, inside, interests, investing, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase, smart money, spec, speculation, stab*, stake, transaction, venture, vested interests
Antonyms: divestment
Main Entry: pledge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sign of good faith
Synonyms: bail, bond, collateral, deposit, earnest, gage, guarantee, guaranty, pawn, security, surety, token, warrant, warranty
Antonyms: break
Main Entry: scoop
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: utensil, tool for shovelling
Synonyms: bail, dipper, ladle, shovel, spade, spoon, trowel
Main Entry: scoop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dig up; shovel
Synonyms: bail, clear away, dig, dig out, dip, empty, excavate, gather, gouge, grub, hollow, lade, ladle, lift, pick up, remove, scrape, spade, sweep away, sweep up, take up
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