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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Megan Greenwell, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Many people now working in senior positions in U.K. financial services were still at school or college at the time of the bailout, but institutional memory of the event remains exceptionally strong, not least among U.K. regulators.
—Ian King, CNBC, 4 June 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
Congress passed the historic bank bailout during her first semester.
—Megan Greenwell, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Many people now working in senior positions in U.K. financial services were still at school or college at the time of the bailout, but institutional memory of the event remains exceptionally strong, not least among U.K. regulators.
—Ian King, CNBC, 4 June 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 13 Jun. 2025.
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bailout
noun
bail·out
ˈbāl-ˌau̇t 
: a rescue from financial distress
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