Definition of "bail-out" []

• Alternative spelling of bailout. (noun)

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• "In any case, the Fed's actions went far beyond even this -- to include highly unusual actions that are reasonably characterized as a "bail-out" of institutions that were probably insolvent."
• "Commerzbank, which recieved an €18bn bail-out from the German government, has lost a bid to dismiss the case brought by bankers in its Dresdner Kleinwort division."
• "Friday is the deadline for banks and other holders of Greece's sovereign debt to "voluntarily" join the private sector element of the country's bail-out, which is to agree to "roll over" or exchange their bond holdings for as long as 10 years."