Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deleverage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: delever-age
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reduce debt by rapidly selling assets.

Example Sentences

"Because the country is exposed to large interest rate shocks, this triggers a strong precautionary-saving response: households deleverage fast and massively."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English leverage English deleverage From de- + leverage.

Inflected Forms

deleverages (present, singular) deleveraging (participle, present) deleveraged (participle, past) deleveraged (past)

Questions

What does deleverage mean?: To reduce debt by rapidly selling assets.
Where does deleverage come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English leverage English deleverage From de- + leverage.

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