bailout

See also: bail out and bail-out

English

Alternative forms

• bail-out

Etymology

bail +‎ out

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪlˌawt/

Noun

bailout (plural bailouts)

1. A rescue, especially a financial rescue.

   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

     "The no bailout' clause is violated every day."

2. A backup supply of air in scuba diving.
3. 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.

Related terms

• bail out (verb)

Translations

a rescue, especially a financial rescue

• Catalan: rescat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 救助 (zh) (jiùzhù), 緊急援助, 紧急援助 (jǐnjí yuánzhù), 企業救濟, 企业救济 (qǐyè jiùjì)

• German: Notverkauf m
• Japanese: 救済 (ja) (きゅうさい, kyūsai)

• Russian: спасе́ние (ru) n (spasénije), вы́ручка (ru) f (výručka)
• Spanish: rescate (es) m, rescate financiero m, auxilio financiero m
• Swedish: räddningsaktion c
• Turkish: kefaletle serbest bırakmak (tr), mali yardım

a backup supply of air in scuba diving

• German: Rettungsaktion f
• Spanish: suministro de escapada m

• Turkish: kurtarmak (tr)

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Anagrams

• obitual, tabouli