delever

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verb

to reduce leverage, to pay back debts

“Lenders forced the company to delever.”

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Meanings

verbdelever (third-person singular simple present delevers, present participle delevering, simple past and past participle delevered)

present singular third person delevers · participle present delevering · participle past delevered · past delevered

  1. to reduce leverage, to pay back debts

    Lenders forced the company to delever.

Origin

From de- + lever.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

levered
Cite this entry
APA

delever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delever

MLA

“delever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delever. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delever,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delever.

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