bailout

/ˈbeɪlˌaʊt/
verb
  1. To provide financial help to a person, company, or country in serious economic trouble.
    • The central bank decided to bailout the failing bank with emergency funds.
    • Her parents had to bailout her brother after he lost his job.
    • The government refused to bailout the corporation again.
  2. To escape from a difficult situation, often by leaving or giving up.
    • He decided to bailout of the partnership before it collapsed.
    • The pilot had to bailout of the plane when the engine failed.
    • She wanted to bailout of the project, but her team needed her.
noun
  1. Financial help given to a person, company, or country that is in serious economic trouble.
    • Without a bailout from investors, the startup would have gone bankrupt.
    • Many taxpayers were angry about the bank bailout during the recession.
    • The government approved a bailout for the struggling airline industry.
  2. An act of escaping from a difficult situation, often by giving up or leaving.
    • The team's last-minute goal was a bailout from a humiliating loss.
    • He saw early retirement as a bailout from a job he hated.
    • Selling the house was their bailout from mounting debt.
What does "bailout" mean? | whatsthatwordmean | whatsthatwordmean