To fail to meet a commitment (to a person).
To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.
To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
To secure the head of a cow during milking.
To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
To release a person under such guarantee.
To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
To set free; to deliver; to release.
To exit quickly.
To confine.
Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
The person providing such payment.
A person who bails water out of a boat.
A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
To bind oneself in contract.
To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.
To enter a formal agreement.
To make a stipulation.
A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
An incidental clause in an agreement.
An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.