BAILOUT Definition & Meaning

bailout

or bail-out

[ beyl-out ]

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noun

the act of parachuting from an aircraft, especially to escape a crash, fire, etc.
an instance of coming to the rescue, especially financially:
a government bailout of a large company.
an alternative, additional choice, or the like:
If the highway is jammed, you have two side roads as bailouts.

adjective

of, relating to, or consisting of means for relieving an emergency situation:
bailout measures for hard-pressed smallbusinesses.

bailout

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noun

an act of bailing out, usually by the government, of a failing institution or business

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Origin of bailout¹

First recorded in 1950–55; noun and adjective use of the verb phrase bail out

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And to paper over this destructive policy, the administration will blow another gaping hole in the federal budget with bailout money to compensate the victims.

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The Lakers missed a pair of key free throws, and while a LeBron James bailout three gave them some hope, his two chances at forcing overtime on the Lakers’ final possession rattled out.

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In other unsettling fire news, the huge costs of the historic Los Angeles fires could force a bailout of the state’s insurer of last resort, which has just $377 million in reserves.

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Consumer Watchdog — which wrote the 1988 ballot measure that provided for an elected insurance commissioner with the authority to review and turn down insurer rate requests — called the provision an industry bailout last year.

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The rate at which the price of goods is rising, or inflation, has improved significantly since the bailout, but is still high at 23.8%.

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