bailout

[beyl-out] /ˈbeɪlˌaʊt/
noun
1.
the act of parachuting from an aircraft, especially to escape a crash, fire, etc.
2.
an instance of coming to the rescue, especially financially:
a government bailout of a large company.
3.
an alternative, additional choice, or the like:
If the highway is jammed, you have two side roads as bailouts.
adjective
4.
of, pertaining to, or consisting of means for relieving an emergency situation:
bailout measures for hard-pressed smallbusinesses.
Also, bail-out.
Origin
1950-55; noun, adj. use of verb phrase bail out

bail3

[beyl] /beɪl/
verb (used with object)
1.
to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.
2.
to clear of water by dipping (usually followed by out):
to bail out a boat.
verb (used without object)
3.
to bail water.
noun
4.
Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
Verb phrases
5.
bail out,
  1. to make a parachute jump from an airplane.
  2. to relieve or assist (a person, company, etc.) in an emergency situation, especially a financial crisis:
    The corporation bailed out its failing subsidiary through a series of refinancing operations.
  3. to give up on or abandon something, as to evade a responsibility:
    His partner bailed out before the business failed.
Also, bale (for defs 1–3).
Origin
1425-75; late Middle English bayle < Middle French baille a bucket < Vulgar Latin *bāi(u)la; akin to Latin bāiulus carrier. See bail1
Examples from the web for bail out
  • When you decide to bail out well into the program you do a great personal and financial disservice to your advisor.
  • Economically he has greatly increased the national debt by using tax payer's to bail out failing corporations.
  • Let's spend some of those bail out billions and get busy harnessing this energy.
  • We bail out your credit addiction and consumerism why not bail out my drug addiction.
  • Each time, it's the authorities that bail out the market, or organize companies to do so.
  • Summers was equally doubtful of the idea that fairness required the government to bail out every struggling industry.
British Dictionary definitions for bail out

bail out

verb (adverb)
1.
(intransitive) to make an emergency parachute jump from an aircraft
2.
(transitive) (informal) to help (a person, organization, etc) out of a predicament: the government bailed the company out
3.
(intransitive) (informal) to escape from a predicament

bail1

/beɪl/
noun
1.
a sum of money by which a person is bound to take responsibility for the appearance in court of another person or himself or herself, forfeited if the person fails to appear
2.
the person or persons so binding themselves; surety
3.
the system permitting release of a person from custody where such security has been taken: he was released on bail
4.
jump bail, (formal) forfeit bail, to fail to appear in court to answer to a charge
5.
stand bail, go bail, to act as surety (for someone)
verb (transitive)
6.
(often foll by out) to release or obtain the release of (a person) from custody, security having been made
See also bail out
Word Origin
C14: from Old French: custody, from baillier to hand over, from Latin bāiulāre to carry burdens, from bāiulus carrier, of obscure origin

bail2

/beɪl/
verb
1.
(often foll by out) to remove (water) from (a boat)
Derived Forms
bailer, baler, noun
Word Origin
C13: from Old French baille bucket, from Latin bāiulus carrier

bail3

/beɪl/
noun
1.
(cricket) either of two small wooden bars placed across the tops of the stumps to form the wicket
2.
(agriculture)
  1. a partition between stalls in a stable or barn, for horses
  2. a portable dairy house built on wheels or skids
3.
(Austral & NZ) a framework in a cowshed used to secure the head of a cow during milking
verb
4.
See bail up
Word Origin
C18: from Old French baile stake, fortification, probably from Latin baculum stick

bail4

/beɪl/
noun
1.
the semicircular handle of a kettle, bucket, etc
2.
a semicircular support for a canopy
3.
a movable bar on a typewriter that holds the paper against the platen
Word Origin
C15: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse beygja to bend

bailout

/ˈbeɪlaʊt/
noun
1.
an act of bailing out, usually by the government, of a failing institution or business
Word Origin and History for bail out

bail

n.

"bond money," late 15c., a sense that apparently developed from that of "temporary release from jail" (into the custody of another, who gives security), recorded from early 15c. That evolved from earlier meaning "captivity, custody" (early 14c.). From Old French baillier "to control, to guard, deliver" (12c.), from Latin bajulare "to bear a burden," from bajulus "porter," of unknown origin. In late 18c. criminal slang, to give leg bail meant "to run away."

"horizontal piece of wood in a cricket wicket," c.1742, originally "any cross bar" (1570s), probably identical with Middle French bail "horizontal piece of wood affixed on two stakes," and with English bail "palisade wall, outer wall of a castle" (see bailey).

v.

"to dip water out of," 1610s, from baile (n.) "small wooden bucket" (mid-14c.), from nautical Old French baille "bucket, pail," from Medieval Latin *bajula (aquae), literally "porter of water," from Latin bajulare "to bear a burden" (see bail (n.1)). To bail out "leave suddenly" (intransitive) is recorded from 1930, originally of airplane pilots. Related: Bailed; bailing.

"to procure someone's release from prison" (by posting bail), 1580s, from bail (n.1); usually with out. Related: Bailed; bailing.

bailout

n.

1945, in aviation, from bail (v.) + out (adv.). As "federal help for private business in trouble," from 1968.

Slang definitions & phrases for bail out

bail out

verb phrase

To abandon an effort, project, relationship, etc, in order to minimize losses: She has bailed out of doing more projects at this time

[1940s+; fr the 1920s aviation use, ''to parachute from an aircraft'']


bail

verb

To leave; cut out, split: Bruce has bailed from the scene entirely/ Most of my friends had bailed to stay with other relatives

Related Terms

jump bail

[1970s+ college students; fr bail out]


Idioms and Phrases with bail out

bail out

.
Empty water out of a boat, usually by dipping with a bucket or other container. For example, We had to keep bailing out water from this leaky canoe. [ Early 1600s ]
.
Rescue someone in an emergency, especially a financial crisis of some kind, as in They were counting on an inheritance to bail them out. [ ; 1900s ]
.
Jump out of an airplane, using a parachute. For example, When the second engine sputtered, the pilot decided to bail out. [ c. 1930 ]
.
Give up on something, abandon a responsibility, as in The company was not doing well, so John decided to bail out while he could still find another job. [ Second half of 1900s ]
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See make bail

bail

In addition to the idiom beginning with
bail
also see: