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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Cecilia Hult, Fortune, 20 June 2025
Whether the Fed as the all-powerful entity capable of propping up the economy is true or not, since when are bailouts and central planning of monetary aggregates part of the free-market playbook?
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
An inning before that, he was bailed out by his defense after his lone walk, when Miguel Rojas turned a spinning double-play up the line at third base to erase the free pass.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
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Noun
Even then, the arrangements have been temporary, such as in 2008, when Washington took a controlling share in major auto companies as part of its emergency bailouts.
—Cecilia Hult, Fortune, 20 June 2025
Whether the Fed as the all-powerful entity capable of propping up the economy is true or not, since when are bailouts and central planning of monetary aggregates part of the free-market playbook?
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Verb
But should the Kremlin begin to run out of money or soldiers, China’s willingness to bail out its ally is very much in doubt.
—Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
An inning before that, he was bailed out by his defense after his lone walk, when Miguel Rojas turned a spinning double-play up the line at third base to erase the free pass.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
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“Bailout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bailout. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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bailout
noun
bail·out
ˈbāl-ˌau̇t 
: a rescue from financial distress
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