Bailout
/ˈbeɪlˌaʊt/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
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.
Example
More examples"Why do the largest banks need the biggest bailout?"
Etymology
Deverbal from bail out.