Everyday Office Jargon · Vice President level

"Bailout"

"Bailout" means financial rescue provided to a failing company or project, typically by a government, investor, or parent organization.

Say this instead: emergency rescue

How "Bailout" shows up at work

In corporate settings it shows up in postmortems and budget reviews, sometimes with admiration and sometimes with resentment depending on whether your division received one. The word carries weight precisely because it implies the alternative was collapse.

Buzzword

Without a bailout from the parent company, the division would have folded last year.

Plain English

Without emergency funding from the parent company, the division would have folded last year.

Corporate Rank: Vice President  ·  Category: Everyday Office Jargon

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