deleveraging

American  

[dee-lev-er-ij-ing, ‑lee-ver‑] / diˈlɛv ər ɪdʒ ɪŋ, ‑li vər‑ /

noun

1. the act or process of paying off or reducing debt; a decreasing of financial leverage.

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Etymology

Origin of deleveraging

First recorded in 1975–80; de- ( def. ) + leveraging ( def. )

Example Sentences

“We are going through the greatest deleveraging in the history of financial services and it’s going to go on and on and on,” he said.

From Literature

Dalio said deleveraging is never an easy task, but in the case of China it can be more manageable because most of its debt is in domestic currency and is held by its citizens.

From Reuters

Auto deleveraging is a risk-management mechanism used by some crypto-derivatives exchanges, especially those offering perpetual futures.

From MarketWatch

Panigirtzoglou illustrated how rapid the deleveraging in bitcoin futures was, explaining that the ratio of open interest in perpetuals to the bitcoin market capitalization is a suitable proxy for investors’ leverage in the asset.

From MarketWatch

And any deleveraging by trading and nonbank customers would curtail loan growth.

From The Wall Street Journal