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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Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 May 2025
The president can unilaterally direct the Treasury Department to return these two entities to the private sector, some 16 years after a massive government bailout saved them from fiscal collapse and put them into conservatorships.
—Gary Labarbera, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Ann Rutledge, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Officers pursued the suspect, who bailed out of the car before police arrested him.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 31 May 2025
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Noun
Such a scenario could trigger a government bailout or other public policy solution at the expense of taxpayers, Arthur Wilmarth, a law professor at George Washington University, told ABC News.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 May 2025
The president can unilaterally direct the Treasury Department to return these two entities to the private sector, some 16 years after a massive government bailout saved them from fiscal collapse and put them into conservatorships.
—Gary Labarbera, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Verb
They were bailed out, delisted from the NYSE on July 7, 2010, placed under FHFA’s conservatorship, and began trading on OTC markets the next day.
—Ann Rutledge, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Officers pursued the suspect, who bailed out of the car before police arrested him.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 31 May 2025
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“Bailout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bailout. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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bailout
noun
bail·out
ˈbāl-ˌau̇t 
: a rescue from financial distress
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