bailed out; bailing out; bails out
1
: to parachute from an aircraft
Examples of bailout in a Sentence
Noun
government bailouts of large corporations
Verb
if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out
the government bailed out the savings and loan industry
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John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2025
Fueled by their opposition to government bailouts during the 2008 financial crisis, the Tea Party gained significant momentum after the Democratic-controlled and House passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
—Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Price and Steinhardt tried to bail out, hiring Merrill Lynch, which shopped their shares at $17 per share.
—Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Harry Reid, the Democratic Majority Leader in the Senate, had recently appointed her to a congressional panel tasked with examining the seven-hundred-billion-dollar bank bailout that George W. Bush had signed into law in October, 2008.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2025
Fueled by their opposition to government bailouts during the 2008 financial crisis, the Tea Party gained significant momentum after the Democratic-controlled and House passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
—Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
Though Vancouver’s penalty killers bailed out the defence again Sunday night, all the time Vancouver spent short-handed sapped their momentum early on in the game and helped Utah build up a tremendous edge in shots and scoring chances.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Price and Steinhardt tried to bail out, hiring Merrill Lynch, which shopped their shares at $17 per share.
—Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Bailout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bailout. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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bailout
noun
bail·out
ˈbāl-ˌau̇t 
: a rescue from financial distress
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