overleveraging

overleveraging
overleveraged o‧ver‧le‧ver‧aged [ˌəʊvəˈliːvərɪdʒ◂ ǁ ˌoʊvərˈle-, -ˈliː-] adjective FINANCE
if a company or country is overleveraged, it has borrowed too much money and cannot make payments on the debt; = OVERBORROWED; , overgeared Ame:

• The banks are taking over more real estate from overleveraged developers and putting it on the market.

— overleverage noun [uncountable] :

• Overleverage and the economic slump have combined to depress the industry.

— overleveraging noun [uncountable] :

• the overleveraging of corporate America


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • overleveraged — o‧ver‧le‧ver‧aged [ˌəʊvəˈliːvərɪdʒ◂ ǁ ˌoʊvərˈle , ˈliː ] adjective FINANCE if a company or country is overleveraged, it has borrowed too much money and cannot make payments on the debt; = OVERBORROWED; , overgeared Ame: • The banks are taking… …   Financial and business terms

  • overleverage — overleveraged o‧ver‧le‧ver‧aged [ˌəʊvəˈliːvərɪdʒ◂ ǁ ˌoʊvərˈle , ˈliː ] adjective FINANCE if a company or country is overleveraged, it has borrowed too much money and cannot make payments on the debt; = OVERBORROWED; , overgeared Ame: • The banks… …   Financial and business terms

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