Photo: a sprinter at the starting block. Equal opportunity is a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly, unhampered by artificial barriers or prejudices or preferences, except when particular distinctions can be explicitly justified.
Bailout definition, the act of parachuting from an aircraft, especially to escape a crash, fire, etc. See more.
Bailment describes a legal relationship in common law where physical possession of personal property, or a chattel, is transferred from one person (the bailor) to another person (the bailee) who subsequently has possession of the property.