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Bailout
//ˈbeɪlˌaʊt// noun
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Noun
- 1 A rescue, especially a financial rescue.
"The government bailout of that corporation is going to cost the taxpayers a hundred billion dollars."
- 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 A backup supply of air in scuba diving.
- 4 The situation where a firefighter uses equipment to escape a structure where fire has proven uncontrollable.
Etymology
Deverbal from bail out.
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