Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bail_bond

1 sense of bail bond

Sense 1
bail, bail bond, bond -- ((criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman")
       => recognizance, recognisance -- ((law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited)