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deleverage

[ dee-lev-er-ij, ‑-lee-ver‑ ]

verb (used without object)

, de·lev·er·aged, de·lev·er·ag·ing.
  1. 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.
  1. to reduce the debt of:

    He drastically deleveraged the company to make it profitable.

noun

  1. an instance of this:

    The economic crisis has forced a deleverage.

deleverage

/ diːˈlɛvərɪdʒ; -vrɪdʒ /

verb

  1. finance (of an organization) to reduce the ratio of debt capital to equity capital
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of deleverage1

First recorded in 1980–85; de- ( def ) + leverage ( def )

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