Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BAILOUT
  
  Is an action taken by others to help a company, organization or country with its finances. It is an analogy to "bailing out" a sinking boat. There is considerable debate as to whether the process is a handout or subsidy versus a helping hand.
  
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