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Meaning of deleverage in English:

deleverage

verb

[no object]Finance

  • Reduce the level of one's debt by rapidly selling one's assets.

    • ‘now that asset prices are falling, businesses€” are being forced to deleverage’

Pronunciation

deleverage

/ˌdiːˈliːv(ə)rɪdʒ/ /ˌdiːˈlɛv(ə)rɪdʒ/

noun

mass nounFinance

  • The process or practice of reducing the level of one's debt by rapidly selling one's assets.

    • ‘when revenue growth slows down, there's a small amount of deleverage in the supply chain’

Pronunciation

deleverage

/ˌdiːˈliːv(ə)rɪdʒ/ /ˌdiːˈlɛv(ə)rɪdʒ/