bailout money:
... money provided to undo a problematic situation, for example, attempting to help an individual, group, enterprise, industry, or economy out of trouble.
Investopedia.com defines bailout as ... a situation in which a business, individual or government offers money to a failing business in order to prevent the consequences that arise from a business's downfall. Bailouts can take the form of loans, bonds, stocks or cash. They may or may not require reimbursement (source of quote).
Answers.com has a definition of government bailout focused on providing assistance to financial institutions. It is specifically about the controversial bailout of influential U.S. banks which had created a credit crises and contributed to economic downturn at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Elected government officials wanted to be seen doing something about the downturn while their critics challenged and indicated that the bailout process was, among other things, throwing good money after bad.
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What is a government bailout?
When government makes plans or takes action to help an enterprise or industry group out of money troubles one course it may take is financial bailout. Typically bailout focus is not on individual enterprises, rather it's on something larger in scope such as an economic impact in an industry or location that results or is projected to result in economic instability.
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