1. A rescue, esp. a rescue from financial difficulties
   "The government provided a bailout to the struggling bank"

1. (law) free on bail
   "The lawyer managed to bail out his client before the trial"
    
2. Remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side
   "They had to bail out the small boat after the storm";
   - bale out [Brit]
    
3. (aviation) leave an aircraft by parachute
   "The pilot had to bail out when the engine failed";
   - bale out [Brit]
    
4. [informal] Rescue from financial difficulty
   "The government had to bail out several major banks";
   - bale out [Brit, informal]
    
5. [informal] Abandon a social engagement
   "He bailed out on the party at the last minute";
   - ball [informal]

Derived forms: bailouts, bailing out, bailed out, bails out

Type of: free, liberate, loose, release, remove, take, take away, unloose, unloosen, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Bailout