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This is a very technical definition that effectively makes the word meaningless. Under this definition, most early VC equity rounds are bailouts, initial stock purchases in new companies are bailouts, etc.

It is, technically, true. But it’s not very helpful in understanding why these things happen and which are good vs bad.

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> not very helpful

Not very helpful to who? It is very helpful to the average Joe in explaining why they are getting screwed over.

In that case it isn't helpful to the average Joe, since the word's usage for them isn't the same as that of the technical definition. When someone says bailout in media, they mean a government funded action to get someone out of bankruptcy, not a private action to provide liquidity.

No average joe is getting screwed over by private companies investing money in other private companies, any more today than they were on any previous day where the same things happen. This is not news, and is only relevant because of the crisis. No public dollars are funding this.

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