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bailout Definition

bail·out (bāl′o̵ut′)

noun

  1. a helping out of one in difficulty
  2. ☆ a providing of government financial aid to a failing company, city, etc.

Etymology: see bail,

bailout Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • give: We had a big debate in this country in the early 1980s about the Chrysler Corp. and giving federal bailouts for a billion dollars.
  • continue: Borrowing would decline - and so would the risk of default, reducing the necessity for continuing bailouts.

Adjective modifier

  • massive: The letter spelled out major reforms and austerity measures linked to a massive bailout of the Indonesia economy.
  • generous: The results highlight the importance of reserve requirements in determining the welfare effects of a more generous bailout.
  • federal: We had a big debate in this country in the early 1980s about the Chrysler Corp. and giving federal bailouts for a billion dollars.
  • corporate: December: Government vows to cut state spending by 18 percent and promises no corporate bailouts by authorities.

Modifies a noun

  • money: The IMF's bailout money was supposed to be used to support the exchange rate.
  • condition: Blue represents the values of c where the formula seems stable, and black values where the bailout condition was met.

Noun used with modifier

  • bank: That includes every major country, since bank bailouts have been occurring regularly throughout the world once every 7 to 10 years.
  • loan: Experts later estimated that the savings and loan bailout would eventually cost taxpayers and the savings and loan industry hundreds of billions of dollars.