bail

lease (contract); yonks, ages

“Il disait que ça faisait un bail qu'ils ne s'étaient pas vus, qu'il lui manquait […].” — He was saying that it had been ages since they'd seen each other, and that he missed him.

From bailler.

thing, stuff, affair

“C'est pas les mêmes bails.” — They're not the same things.

Borrowed from Haitian Creole bagay, from French bagage.