rescue
/ˈreskjuː/ verb [T] FINANCE, ECONOMICSDefinition
› to save a person, company, economy, etc. from financial failure: The government is under pressure to rescue people who lost their pensions in the banking crisis. These are desperate measures aimed at rescuing a sinking economy.rescue sb/sth from sth The company was rescued from administration by the Government two years ago.
(Definition of rescue verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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