bailout

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.

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Anagrams

• obitual, tabouli