bailout
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
bailout (plural bailouts)
- 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."
- 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.
- 1972, Popular Mechanics (volume 138, number 3, page 193)
- (underwater diving) A backup supply of air in scuba diving.
Related terms
- bail out (verb)
Translations
a rescue, especially a financial rescue
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backup supply of air in scuba diving
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