bailout
nounUS /ˈbeɪlˌaʊt/
Etymology Deverbal from bail out.
1
A rescue, especially a financial rescue.
- The government bailout of that corporation is going to cost the taxpayers a hundred billion dollars.
- "The no bailout' clause is violated every day."2016, Otmar Issing, former ECB chief economist, Euro 'house of cards' to collapse, warns ECB prophet:
1 more example
- The funding arrangement was described by the Government as a "bailout".2020 November 18, “Network News: London 'bailout' achieved with just minutes to spare”, in Rail, page 10:
2
The process of exiting an aircraft while in flight.
- Bailouts from side doors are risky because the slipstream may carry a chutist into the plane's tail section.1972, Popular Mechanics, volume 138, number 3, page 193:
3
Diving, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Underwater diving A backup supply of air in scuba diving.
4
Firefighting, Government The situation where a firefighter uses equipment to escape a structure where fire has proven uncontrollable.
- Derived terms
- antibailout, postbailout
- Related terms
- bail out