bailout

See also: bail out and bail-out

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bailout (plural bailouts)

A rescue, especially a financial rescue.
Coordinate term: bail-in

The government bailout of that corporation is going to cost the taxpayers a hundred billion dollars.
- 2016, Otmar Issing, former ECB chief economist, Euro 'house of cards' to collapse, warns ECB prophet‎^[1]:
  "The no bailout' clause is violated every day."
- 2020 November 18, “Network News: London 'bailout' achieved with just minutes to spare”, in Rail, page 10:
  The funding arrangement was described by the Government as a "bailout".
The process of exiting an aircraft while in flight.
- 1972, Popular Mechanics, volume 138, number 3, page 193:
  Bailouts from side doors are risky because the slipstream may carry a chutist into the plane's tail section.
(underwater diving) A backup supply of air in scuba diving.
(firefighting) The situation where a firefighter uses equipment to escape a structure where fire has proven uncontrollable.
(informal) The act of bailing out; a departure or abandonment.

a rescue, especially a financial rescue

backup supply of air in scuba diving

bailout m (invariable)