Bailout

//ˈbeɪlˌaʊt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rescue, especially a financial rescue.

    "The government bailout of that corporation is going to cost the taxpayers a hundred billion dollars."

  2. 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."

  3. 3
    A backup supply of air in scuba diving.
  4. 4
    The situation where a firefighter uses equipment to escape a structure where fire has proven uncontrollable.

Example

More examples

"Why do the largest banks need the biggest bailout?"

Etymology

Deverbal from bail out.

Related phrases

bail outscuba diving

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