English

Alternative forms

• bail-out

Noun

bailout ‎(plural bailouts)

1. a rescue, especially a financial rescue

   The government bailout of that corporation is going to cost the taxpayers a hundred billion dollars.

   • 2016, Otmar Issing, former ECB chief economist: Euro 'house of cards' to collapse, warns ECB prophet

     "The no bailout' clause is violated every day."

2. a backup supply of air in scuba diving

Related terms

• bail out (verb)

Translations

Anagrams

• obitual
• tabouli

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year