postbailout

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adjective

Following a bailout, especially a government bailout of private business

OriginEnglish bailout ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste →
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Meanings

adjectivepostbailout (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFollowing a bailout, especially a government bailout of private business

    This concern with the public goods aspect of shipping led it to explicitly design the industry's postbailout structure.

    1987, Danny Leipziger, Korea: Managing the Industrial Transition, →ISBN, page 141

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishbailout
  8. Englishpostbailout

From post- + bailout.

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APA

postbailout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postbailout

MLA

“postbailout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postbailout. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postbailout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postbailout.

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