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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by cr1895 on Friday May 10, 2019 @06:59AM (#19876663)
>A "bail" is you compensating the landlord for a resource they lend you.

Deposit? Haven't heard that name before.

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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by navaati on Friday May 10, 2019 @07:18AM (#19876737)
In 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.

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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by gliop on Friday May 10, 2019 @07:47AM (#19876852)
Bail 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.
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