bailout

Or bail-out

[beyl-out]

noun

1. the act of parachuting from an aircraft, especially to escape a crash, fire, etc.

2. an instance of coming to the rescue, especially financially.

   a government bailout of a large company.

3. an alternative, additional choice, or the like.

   If the highway is jammed, you have two side roads as bailouts.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or consisting of means for relieving an emergency situation.

   bailout measures for hard-pressed smallbusinesses.

bailout

/ ˈbeɪlaʊt /

noun

1. an act of bailing out, usually by the government, of a failing institution or business

Word History and Origins

Origin of bailout¹

First recorded in 1950–55; noun and adjective use of the verb phrase bail out

Example Sentences

As U.S. farmers harvest a bumper soybean crop, Chinese buyers have disappeared; a bailout is expected.

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He has previously pushed back at suggestions that the support amounted to a bailout for what Warren, in a statement on Thursday, dubbed the administration's "billionaire buddies".

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It also enjoys unique protections like the government bailouts that have now become routine.

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The bailout of the firms gave the Treasury Department warrants to purchase about 80% of their common stock, as well as senior preferred shares.

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“Repeated bailouts from the federal government are not the solution.”

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