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bail⋅out

  [beyl-out]
Use bail out in a Sentence
–noun
1. the act of parachuting from an aircraft, esp. to escape a crash, fire, etc.
2. an instance of coming to the rescue, esp. 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; n., adj. use of v. phrase bail out
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bail

3  [beyl]
–verb (used with object)
1. to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.
2. to clear of water by dipping (usually fol. 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 phrase
5. bail out,
a. to make a parachute jump from an airplane.
b. to relieve or assist (a person, company, etc.) in an emergency situation, esp. a financial crisis: The corporation bailed out its failing subsidiary through a series of refinancing operations.
c. 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 ME bayle < MF baille a bucket < VL *bāi(u)la; akin to L bāiulus carrier. See bail 1
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bail 2   (bāl)   
v.   bailed, bail·ing, bails

v.   tr.

  1. To remove (water) from a boat by repeatedly filling a container and emptying it over the side.

  2. To empty (a boat) of water by bailing.

v.   intr.
To empty a boat of water by bailing.
n.  A container used for emptying water from a boat.
Phrasal Verb(s):
bail out

  1. To parachute from an aircraft; eject.

  2. To abandon a project or enterprise.


[From Middle English baille, bucket, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *bāiula, water container, from Latin bāiulāre, to carry a load.]
bail'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
bail (out)

  1. in.
    to resign or leave; to get free of someone or something. : Albert bailed just before he got fired.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bail  (n.2)
"horizontal piece of wood in a cricket wicket," c.1742, originally "any cross bar" (1575), probably identical with M.Fr. bail "horizontal piece of wood affixed on two stakes," and with Eng. bail "palisade wall, outer wall of a castle" (see bailey).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

bail out

To sell a security, generally at a loss, in anticipation of a further price decline.


bailout

The financial rescue of a faltering business or other organization. Government guarantees for loans made to Chrysler Corporation constituted a bailout.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: bail
Function: transitive verb
1 : to release on bail
2 : to obtain the release of by giving bail —often used with out
3 : to place (personal property) under a bailment bailed —Peet v. Roth Hotel Company, 253 North Western Reporter 546 (1934)>
NOTE: Property is usually bailed by putting it temporarily in the custody of another for a specific purpose, as safekeeping or delivery to a third party.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

bail out

  1. 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]

  2. Rescue someone in an emergency, especially a financial crisis of some kind, as in They were counting on an inheritance to bail them out. [Colloquial; 1900s]

  3. Jump out of an airplane, using a parachute. For example, When the second engine sputtered, the pilot decided to bail out. [c. 1930]

  4. 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]

  5. See make bail.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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