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bailout

The definition of bailout is helping someone out of money troubles.

(noun)

An example of a bailout is when an automotive company is about to go bankrupt and put thousands of people out of work and the government steps in and gives them money to keep them in business.

See bailout in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

Origin: see bail,

See bailout in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A rescue from financial difficulties: corporate bailouts.

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