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>A "bail" is you compensating the landlord for a resource they lend you. Deposit? Haven't heard that name before.
by cr1895 7y ago
>A "bail" is you compensating the landlord for a resource they lend you.
Deposit? Haven't heard that name before.
- navaati 7y agoIn French that word has a different meaning, it specifically means a rental contract and is pronounced like "bye", I'm not sure it has anything to do with "bail" in English. So could be that parent is French.
- gliop 7y agoBail is a security deposit. In English bail is generally used to mean a deposit against a promise to appear in criminal court, but it's the same concept.