bailout

noun5

1. •
   A rescue, especially a financial rescue.

   • The government bailout of that corporation is going to cost the taxpayers a hundred billion dollars.
2. •
   The process of exiting an aircraft while in flight.

   • Bailouts from side doors are risky because the slipstream may carry a chutist into the plane's tail section. — 1972
3. •
   The situation where a firefighter uses equipment to escape a structure where fire has proven uncontrollable.
4. •
   (informal) The act of bailing out; a departure or abandonment.
5. •
   A backup supply of air in scuba diving.