bailed out; bailing out; bails out
1
: to parachute from an aircraft
Synonyms of bailout
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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Kee Hyun Park, The Conversation, 20 Nov. 2025
But the bailout merely delayed the inevitable.
—Muhib Rahman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
After bailing out with parachutes, the Germans captured Schrenk in Denmark and Bukowski in Germany.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
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Noun
In 2019, the federal government cushioned those losses with over $23 billion in bailout payments to farmers.
—Kee Hyun Park, The Conversation, 20 Nov. 2025
But the bailout merely delayed the inevitable.
—Muhib Rahman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
Verb
In November 2026, voters in the Bay Area’s five largest counties will decide on a massive transportation bond to raise about $1 billion annually aimed at bailing out the region’s struggling public transit agencies.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
After bailing out with parachutes, the Germans captured Schrenk in Denmark and Bukowski in Germany.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Bailout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bailout. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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bailout
noun
bail·out
ˈbāl-ˌau̇t 
: a rescue from financial distress
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