bail out
parachute from an airplane; rescue from distress (esp. financial distress); free a person from jail by pledging a sum of money; abandon or escape a situation (Slang)
Bail (disambiguation)
The word bail can have these meanings:-See
bail and for security (usually a sum of money), exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial by a lawcourt, and related meanings.A
bail (cricket) is one of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket in cricket.The semicircular handle of a
bucket,
kettle, or pail.A ring in Jewellery, used usually for connecting a pendant or amulet to a necklace at the correct angle.A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat.As a verb: to remove water from a boat by scooping it out.A bar, or a set of bars, to divide a linear space (one side of a
shed or
barn) into three-sided enclosures for individual animals (
cows,
horses and such). The head end of the animal goes toward the wall. See Rebreather#Bailout for an emergency second breathing gas supply on a rebreather scuba set.
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Bail out (finance)
Bail out in economics and finance is a term used to describe a situation where a
bankrupt or nearly bankrupt entity, such as a corporation or a bank, is given a fresh injection of
liquidity, in order to meet its short term obligations. Often bail outs are by governments, or by consortia of investors who demand control over the entity as the price for injecting funds.
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bail out
Verb
1. free on bail
(hypernym) free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side
(synonym) bale out
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
bail out
quit, leave a project Tom bailed out when Lan became Project Manager.
bail out
Synonyms and related words:
abet, aid, arise, assist, avail, bear a hand, befriend, benefit, break away, break cover, break forth, break jail, break loose, burst forth, come, come forth, come out, comfort, cut loose, debouch, deliver, disembogue, do good, doctor, ease, effuse, emanate, emerge, erupt, escape, escape prison, evade, extract, extricate, extrude, favor, flee, fly the coop, free, get away, get clear of, get free, get out, get out of, give a boost, give a hand, give a lift, give help, help, issue, issue forth, jump, jump out, lend a hand, lend one aid, liberate, make a getaway, parachute, proffer aid, protect, protrude, rally, ransom, reclaim, recover, redeem, release, relieve, remedy, render assistance, rescue, restore, resuscitate, retrieve, revive, sally, sally forth, salvage, save, set free, set up, skip, sky-dive, slip the collar, succor, surface, take in tow,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.