Definition of "bailout"

bailout

/ˈbeɪlˌaʊt/

noun
plural bailouts
1. A rescue, especially a financial rescue.
  Quotations
  "The no bailout' clause is violated every day."
  2016, Otmar Issing, former ECB chief economist, Euro 'house of cards' to collapse, warns ECB prophet‎
  The funding arrangement was described by the Government as a "bailout".
  2020 November 18, “Network News: London 'bailout' achieved with just minutes to spare”, in Rail, page 10
2. The process of exiting an aircraft while in flight.
  Quotations
  Bailouts from side doors are risky because the slipstream may carry a chutist into the plane's tail section.
  1972, Popular Mechanics, volume 138, number 3, page 193
3. (underwater diving) A backup supply of air in scuba diving.