Dictionary

bailout en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbeɪlˌaʊt/ (US)

Etymology

Deverbal from bail out.

Meanings

1. A rescue, especially a financial rescue.
   • The funding arrangement was described by the Government as a "bailout". 2020 November 18, “Network News: London 'bailout' achieved with just minutes to spare”, in Rail, page 10:
   • The government bailout of that corporation is going to cost the taxpayers a hundred billion dollars.
   • "The no bailout' clause is violated every day." 2016, Otmar Issing, former ECB chief economist, Euro 'house of cards' to collapse, warns ECB prophet:
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. 1972, Popular Mechanics, volume 138, number 3, page 193:
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.
5. (informal) The act of bailing out; a departure or abandonment.

Forms

Coordinates

bail-in

Deriveds

antibailout · postbailout

Relateds

bail out

Translations (22)

tr mali yardım (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · de Notverkauf (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · cmn 企業救濟 /企业救济 (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · ca rescat financer (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · ru вы́ручка (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · id penyelamatan (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · es rescate / auxilio / socorro financiero (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · ca rescat (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · pl awaryjne źródło gazu (backup supply of air in scuba diving) · cmn 緊急援助 /紧急援助 (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · cmn 救助 (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · nl redding (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · it bailout (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · tr kefaletle serbest bırakma (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · it salvataggio (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · es suministro de escapada (backup supply of air in scuba diving) · tr kurtarma (backup supply of air in scuba diving) · ja 救済 (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · pl kaucja (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · ru спасе́ние (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) · de Rettungsaktion (backup supply of air in scuba diving) · sv räddningsaktion (a rescue, especially a financial rescue)