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Noun
/ˈbālˌout/,
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bailouts, plural;
  1. An act of giving financial assistance to a failing business or economy to save it from collapse

  1. A bailout is an act of giving capital to an entity (a company, a country, or an individual) that is in danger of failing, in an attempt to save it from bankruptcy, insolvency, or total liquidation and ruin; or to allow a failing entity to fail gracefully without spreading contagion.
  2. (bailout) a rescue, especially a financial rescue; a backup supply of air in scuba diving
  3. (Bailout) excessive selling by shareholders due to a loss of confidence in the public company.
  4. (BAILOUT) Unwarranted bonus to greedy executive board
  5. (BAILOUT) to quit, evacuate, escape, depart, abandon, or evade, especially when leaving a vehicle, craft, or vessel during an emergency; also called PUNCH-OUT; see CREW CHIEF, LOADMASTER, DROPMASTER, JUMPMASTER, BEACHMASTER. ...
  6. (Bail-out) a person or a company is in financial difficulties, another person or company may give them money to help them solve the difficulties – this is a bail-out.
  7. (Bailout) An operation carried out by private or public banking institutions to save a private company from bankruptcy by injecting cash, granting soft loans or allowing tax exemptions.
  8. (Bailout) Emergency funds given to corporations in order to prevent their collapse. Funds can come from the government or other institutions, can take many forms, and may or may not require reimbursement.
  9. (Bailout) Financial assistance for banks or corporations which are bankrupt or nearly bankrupt.
  10. (Bailout) Money given to a gambler that allows them to pay debts without suffering adverse consequences.
  11. (Bailout) Putting a seven-wood in the bag
  12. (Bailout) The power jurisdictions covered by Section Five of the Voting Rights Act have to seek their permanent removal from preclearance requirements.
  13. (Bailout) The provision, usually by a government, of funds to a firm or to another government in danger of insolvency so as to prevent them from defaulting on their debt.
  14. (Bailout) This is the process of helping out large corporations with money until it can be repaid by the company.
  15. (Bailout) jargon for misses on throw 1 and 2 followed by a third that hits the target.
  16. (Bailout) training technique used in some SCUBA classes wherein the student jumps into the pool while holding all equipment in hand and then dons the equipment on the bottom of the pool; or, pertaining to or consisting of a means for relieving an emergency situation.
  17. (bailout) A rescue from financial distress, according to its entry in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. This term became ubiquitous when the administration passed the TARP legislation, giving big banks and insurers a huge handout in order to keep them from collapsing. ...
  18. (bailout) when wealth stolen from prudent taxpayers is transferred to subsidize crooks, spendthrifts, and incompetents
  19. a common name for the IMF-coordinated emergency rescue loans to economies in crisis. The most immediate beneficiaries of bailouts are typically foreign investors, while citizens are left holding the IMF debt bill.