Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deleveraging

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: delever-ag-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of deleverage

noun

The process of something being deleveraged.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In October, 2008, at the height of the financial crisis, he circulated a twenty-page essay immodestly titled “A Template for Understanding What’s Going On,” which said the economy faced not just a common recession but a “deleveraging”—a period in which people cut back on borrowing and rebuild their savings—the impact of which would be felt for a generation."
"Because it had studied the nature of deleveragings or depressions, the team knew that deleveragings occur when interest rates go to zero and there's an excessive amount of debt."

Usage

Inflected Forms

deleveragings (plural)

Questions

What does deleveraging mean?: present participle and gerund of deleverage

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