bailout

renflouement, sauvetage financier

Aide, généralement financière, destinée à sauver une entreprise, une organisation ou un pays en grande difficulté.

En anglais simple : Help, usually money, given to save a business, organization, or country from serious trouble.

• The bank needed a bailout.
• Taxpayers paid for the airline’s bailout.
• The government refused another bailout for the struggling company.

Comment l'utiliser : bailout of someone/something (The bailout of the bank cost millions.); bailout for someone/something (They approved a bailout for the airline.)

Synonymes : rescue, financial rescue

Expressions courantes : a government bailout, a financial bailout, a bailout package

saut en parachute d’urgence

Fait de quitter un avion en vol, généralement en sautant avec un parachute.

En anglais simple : Leaving an aircraft during flight, usually by jumping out with a parachute.

• The pilot survived the bailout.
• They practised the bailout procedure before takeoff.
• A fire forced an emergency bailout over the sea.

Synonymes : emergency escape

Expressions courantes : an emergency bailout, a successful bailout, bailout procedure

réserve d’air de secours

Réserve supplémentaire de gaz respirable qu’un plongeur emporte pour les situations d’urgence.

En anglais simple : An extra supply of breathing gas carried by a diver for emergencies.

• The diver carried a bailout cylinder.
• She switched to bailout when her main system failed.
• Check your bailout before entering the water.

Synonymes : emergency gas supply

Expressions courantes : a bailout cylinder, carry bailout, bailout gas

abandon, désistement

Fait de quitter une situation ou de renoncer à un projet ou à une responsabilité.

En anglais simple : The act of leaving a situation or giving up a plan or responsibility.

• His sudden bailout left us short of players.
• Nobody expected her bailout from the project.
• The team struggled after their leader’s last-minute bailout.

Comment l'utiliser : bailout from something (His bailout from the deal surprised everyone.)

Synonymes : withdrawal, departure, abandonment

Expressions courantes : a sudden bailout, an early bailout, bailout from something