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deleverage
[ dee-lev-er-ij, ‑-lee-ver‑ ]
verb (used without object)
, de·lev·er·aged, de·lev·er·ag·ing.
- to decrease financial leverage by paying off debt:
Their balance sheet significantly improved after they deleveraged.
verb (used with object)
, de·lev·er·aged, de·lev·er·ag·ing.
- to reduce the debt of:
He drastically deleveraged the company to make it profitable.
noun
- an instance of this:
The economic crisis has forced a deleverage.
deleverage
/ diːˈlɛvərɪdʒ; -vrɪdʒ /
verb
- finance (of an organization) to reduce the ratio of debt capital to equity capital
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deleverage1
First recorded in 1980–85; de- ( def ) + leverage ( def )
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