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Bail vs Bond - What's the difference?

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In context|legal|lang=en terms the difference between bail and bond

is that bail is (legal) to hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment while bond is (legal) evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate the rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.

As nouns the difference between bail and bond

is that bail is security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial or bail can be a hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket) while bond is a peasant; churl or bond can be (legal) evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate the rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.

As verbs the difference between bail and bond

is that bail is to secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail or bail can be (slang) to exit quickly or bail can be to secure the head of a cow during milking or bail can be (rare) to confine while bond is to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.

As an adjective bond is

subject to the tenure called bondage.

bail

English

(wikipedia bail)

Etymology 1

From the (etyl) verb .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
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  • (legal, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
  • (legal, UK) The person providing such payment.
  • A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
  • * Captain Cook
    • The bail of a canoe made of a human skull.
  • (obsolete) Custody; keeping.
  • * Spenser
    • Silly Faunus now within their bail .
    Derived terms
    * jump bail * out on bail

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
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  • (legal) To release a person under such guarantee.
  • (legal) 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
  • (nautical) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
    • to bail water out of a boat
  • * Capt. J. Smith
    • buckets to bail out the water
  • (nautical) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
    • to bail a boat
  • * R. H. Dana, Jr.
    • By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out.
  • To set free; to deliver; to release.
  • * Spenser
    • Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail .
    Derived terms
    * bailment * bailor * bailee * bail out

    Etymology 2

    From a shortening of bail out, which from above.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To exit quickly.
    • With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail .
  • * 2010 September, Jeannette Cooperman, "Bringing It Home", , ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 62:
    • The Teacher Home Visit Program takes a huge commitment—time, energy, patience, diplomacy. Quite a few schools have tried it and bailed .
  • (informal) To fail to meet a commitment.
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    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) beyl, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket) .
  • * 2010 , John M. Findley, Just Lucky , page 78,
    • I reached across beneath the cow to attach a metal bail' to each end of the strap so that the '''bail''' hung about 5 inches below the cow's belly.While stroking and talking to the cow, I reached under and suspended the machine on the ' bail beneath the cow, with its four suction cups dangling to one side.
  • A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop) .
  • * 1953 , British Institute of Management, Centre for Farm Management, Farm Management Association, Farm Managememt , 1960, John Wiley, page 160,
    • More recently, the fixed bail , sometimes called the ‘milking parlour’, with either covered or open yards, has had a certain vogue and some very enthusiastic claims have been made for this method of housing.
  • * 2011 , Edith H. Whetham, Joan Thirsk, The Agrarian History of England and Wales , Volume 8: Volumes 1914-1939, page 191,
    • Ten men thus sufficed for the milking of three hundred cows in five bails , instead of the thirty men who would normally have been employed by conventional methods.
  • A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
  • (chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
  • * 2011 , Bob Ellis, Hush Now, Don't Cry , page 153,
    • But until he had poured enough milk into the vat above the separator, I drove unmilked cows into the bail' where he had previously milked and released one. He moved from one '''bail''' to the other to milk the next one I had readied. I drove each cow into the empty ' bail , chained her in, roped the outer hind leg then washed and massaged the udder and teats.
  • A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
  • (cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
  • (furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail, as the wire bail handle shown in the drawing.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To secure the head of a cow during milking.

    • Etymology 4

    From (etyl) baillier.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To confine.
  • (Australia, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
  • (Australia, New Zealand) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with (up).)
  • * 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 128:
    • The transition over the rooftop would have been quicker if Sellers had not been bailed up by a particularly hostile spiritual presence speaking Swedish.

    Anagrams

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    bond

    English

    (wikipedia bond)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A peasant; churl.
  • A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Subject to the tenure called bondage.
  • In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.
  • Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.
    • bond fear
    Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bond, variant of band, from (etyl) beand, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
  • (finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=August 16, author=AP, work=The Sydney Morning Herald
    • , title= ECB in record bond buying spree , passage=News of the big bond purchases came a day before the leaders of Germany and France meet to discuss the debt crisis.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
  • A physical connection which binds, a band; often plural.
  • An emotional link, connection or union.
  • * Burke
    • a people with whom I have no tie but the common bond of mankind
  • Moral or political duty or obligation.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I love your majesty / According to my bond , nor more nor less.
  • (chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
  • A binding agreement, a covenant.
  • A bail bond.
  • Any constraining or cementing force or material.
  • (construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying.
  • In Scotland, a mortgage.
    • Derived terms
    * bail bond * bond paper * bond discount * bond for deed * bond for general purposes * bond issue * bond premium * bondage * bonded debt * bondsman * bearer bond * completion bond * corporate bond * covered bond * covalent bond * English bond * Flemish bond * government bond * ionic bond * junk bond * perpetual bond * performance bond * registered bond * serial bond * surety bond * war bond * zero coupon bond

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
    • The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.
  • To cause to adhere (one material with another).
    • The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage.
  • (chemistry) To form a chemical compound with.
    • Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.
  • To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
    • The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter.
  • To form a friendship or emotional connection.
    • The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam.
  • To put in a bonded warehouse.
  • (construction) To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
  • (electricity) To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
    • A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.
  • To bail out by means of a bail bond.
  • * 1877 , Report No. 704 of proceedings In the Senate of the United States , 44th Congress, 2nd Session, page 642:
    • In the August election of 1874 I bonded out of jail eighteen colored men that had been in there, and there has not one of them been tried yet, and they never will be.
  • * 1995 , Herman Beavers, Wrestling angels into song: the fictions of Ernest J. Gaines , page 28:
    • In jail for killing a man, Procter Lewis is placed in a cell where he is faced with a choice: he can be bonded out of jail by Roger Medlow, the owner of the plantation where he lives, or he can serve his time in the penitentiary.
  • * 2001 , Elaine J. Lawless, Women escaping violence: empowerment through narrative , page xxi:
    • And no, you cannot drive her down to the bank to see if her new AFDC card is activated and drop her kids off at school for her because she didn't think to get her car before he bonded out of jail.
    Derived terms
    * bondability * bondable