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💸 Reducing debt 💸 To lower debt
to deleveraging

to deleveraging

8.1
To reduce debt by paying off loans or selling things you own
  • verb
  • /ˌdiːˈlɛvərɪdʒɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • 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
25 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
7 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
5 8.1

To reduce spending because of money problems

reduces debt directly rather than just lowering costs
to sell down
vsto deleveraging
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
60 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
25 7.3
to deleveraging
  • Specialized
8.1
to pay off
153 2.7
to repay
75 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.