deleverage

diːˈlɛvərɪdʒ

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Definition of deleverage - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr./intr.

finance

TECH.

reduce debt by selling assets quickly

TECH.

The company had to deleverage to avoid bankruptcy.

liquidate

unwind

organization

TECH.

lower the debt-to-equity ratio of an organization

TECH.

The firm decided to deleverage to improve its financial health.

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Origin of deleverage

Latin, de (down) + leverage (raise)

Examples of deleverage in a sentence

To stabilize, the firm needed to deleverage quickly.
The company aims to deleverage by selling off assets.
To survive the crisis, they had to deleverage quickly.

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French:désendetter, réduire l'endettement, ...
German:entschulden, ...
Italian:ridurre il debito, ridurre la leva finanziaria, ...
Spanish:desapalancarse, desapalancar, ...
Portuguese:desalavancar, reduzir a alavancagem, ...
Chinese:去杠杆, 去杠杆化, ...
Japanese:デレバレッジする, 負債を削減する, ...
Arabic:خَفَّضَ الدُّيُون, خَفَّضَ الرافِعَةَ المالِيَّةَ, ...
Hebrew:לְצַמְצֵם חוֹב בְּמְכִירַת נְכָסִים בְּמַהֵרָה, לְהַפְחִית מִינּוּף, ...
Russian:сокращать долг, сокращать долги, ...
Ukrainian:зменшувати заборгованість, зменшити боргове навантаження, ...
Hindi:ऋण कम करना, ऋण-से-इक्विटी अनुपात कम करना, ...
Bengali:দ্রুত সম্পদ বিক্রি করা, ঋণ হ্রাস করা, ...
Catalan:desendeutar-se, reduir l'endeutament, ...
Czech:oddlužit, omezit dluh, ...
Danish:afvikle gæld, nedbringe gælden, ...
Dutch:ontschulden, deleveragen, ...
Greek:αποπληρώνω, μειώνω τον δείκτη χρέους, ...
Hungarian:tőkeáttételt csökkenteni, adósságállományt csökkenteni, ...
Khmer:កាត់បន្ថយបំណុល, កាត់បន្ថយអនុបាតបំណុលទៅមូលធន, ...
Korean:자산을 매각하다, 부채 비율을 낮추다, ...
Persian:بدهی کاهش داد, بدهی را کاهش داد, ...
Polish:zmniejszać zadłużenie, ...
Portuguese (BR):desalavancar, diminuir alavancagem, ...
Romanian:a vinde active, ...
Swedish:minska skuldsättningen, ...
Thai:ลดหนี้, ลดหนี้สิน, ...
Turkish:borç azaltmak, borç oranını düşürmek, ...
Vietnamese:giảm nợ, giảm tỷ lệ nợ, ...

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