deleverage
verb/ˌdiːˈliːvərɪdʒ/
/ˌdiːˈlevərɪdʒ/
(business)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deleverage | /ˌdiːˈliːvərɪdʒ/ /ˌdiːˈlevərɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it deleverages | /ˌdiːˈliːvərɪdʒɪz/, /ˌdiːˈlevərɪdʒɪz/ /ˌdiːˈlevərɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple deleveraged | /ˌdiːˈliːvərɪdʒd/, /ˌdiːˈlevərɪdʒd/ /ˌdiːˈlevərɪdʒd/ |
| past participle deleveraged | /ˌdiːˈliːvərɪdʒd/, /ˌdiːˈlevərɪdʒd/ /ˌdiːˈlevərɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form deleveraging | /ˌdiːˈliːvərɪdʒɪŋ/, /ˌdiːˈlevərɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˌdiːˈlevərɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- to reduce your level of debt by rapidly selling your assets (= things that a person or company owns)
- The company is deleveraging dramatically.
- deleverage something Debt is rapidly decreasing, and the company has deleveraged the balance sheet by 30% since 2019.
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