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1. A rescue, esp. a rescue from financial difficulties

1. (law) free on bail
    
2. Remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side
   - bale out
    
3. [informal] Abandon a social engagement
   - ball [informal]

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

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

Encyclopedia: Bailout