As the industry continues to suffer, more businesses are appealing to the government for financial bailouts.
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bailout — UK US /ˈbeɪlaʊt/ noun [C, usually singular] ► ECONOMICS, FINANCE a loan or other financial support that is given to a person, company, or country to help them when they are in financial difficulties: »A government spokesman claimed that the… … Financial and business terms
bailout — n. Financial assistance to an ailing business to save it from failure. v. bail out The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. bailout … Law dictionary
bailout — Financial support or rescue. ► “The timing of last week’s bailout offers was hardly coincidental. Rockefeller Group, the borrower, has until September 12 to present a reorganization plan to the bankruptcy court.” (Barron’s, Aug. 21, 1995, p.… … American business jargon
bailout — [bāl′out΄] n. [see BAIL1, vt. 3] 1. a helping out of one in difficulty ☆ 2. a providing of government financial aid to a failing company, city, etc … English World dictionary
bailout — Financial aid given to an economy or a company that is approaching collapse … Big dictionary of business and management
Bailout — For other uses of the term, see Bailout (disambiguation). In economics, a bailout is an act of loaning or giving capital to an entity (a company, a country, or an individual) that is in danger of failing, in an attempt to save it from bankruptcy … Wikipedia
Financial Crisis of 2008 — ▪ 2009 Introduction by Joel Havemann In 2008 the world economy faced its most dangerous crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The contagion, which began in 2007 when sky high home prices in the United States finally turned… … Universalium
Financial crisis — For the 2008–2010 crisis, see Subprime mortgage crisis , Late 2000s financial crisis and Late 2000s recession. Economics … Wikipedia
Bailout Bond — A debt security issued by the Resolution Funding Corporation to bail out the savings and loan associations during the financial crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The bailout bonds had zero coupon Treasury bonds backing the principal… … Investment dictionary
Bailout — A situation in which a business, individual or government offers money to a failing business in order to prevent the consequences that arise from a business s downfall. Bailouts can take the form of loans, bonds, stocks or cash. They may or may… … Investment dictionary
