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💸 Reducing debt 💸 To lower debt
to deleveraging

to deleveraging

2 8.1
To reduce debt by paying off loans or selling things you own
  • verb
  • /ˌdiːˈlɛvərɪdʒɪŋ/
  • Specialized
: desapalancar
  • The company is deleveraging its balance sheet by selling off non-essential assets.

So whether it was a margin call or not, Adani is deleveraging.

Examples

  • After facing losses, many businesses began deleveraging to lessen their debt burden.

  • So you have inflation fear, you have deleveraging, you have hedge funds shorting, you have the SPAC attack.

  • To improve its financial health, the firm decided to deleveraging by repaying loans.

Synonyms

to liquidate
vsto deleveraging
  • Specialized
22 7.3

To sell a company's goods and property to pay debts

reduces debt but usually without forced closure or bankruptcy
to amortize
vsto deleveraging
  • Specialized
6 7.8

To spread the cost of something such as a loan or equipment into regular small payments

reduces debt by many methods, not only gradual repayment
to retrench
vsto deleveraging
  • Formal
6 8.1

To reduce spending because of money problems

reduces debt directly rather than just lowering costs
to sell down
vsto deleveraging
1 5.9

To find buyers for part of your shares or investments so you own less

reduces debt by various means not limited to selling assets

Antonyms

borrowing
55 2.3

Getting money from a person or bank that you must pay back with interest

to overleverage
  • Specialized
1 8.8

To take on more debt than you can pay back

How Much

to liquidate
  • Specialized
22 7.3
to deleveraging
  • Specialized
2 8.1
to pay off
269 2.7
to repay
138 1.7

Surface Forms

deleveraging infinitive
deleveraged past
deleveraged past participle
deleveraging present participle
deleverages third person singular

Morphology

deleveraging = deleverage (semi-transparent) = de + leverage + ing

This is the regular '-ing' form of the verb 'deleverage', so the step from base to target is straightforward.

Etymology

To deleverage comes from de- 'remove' and leverage, a word related to lever, a bar used to lift things. Think of taking away the lever: to deleverage means to reduce debt by repaying loans or selling assets.