Meanings
verbdeleverage (third-person singular simple present deleverages, present participle deleveraging, simple past and past participle deleveraged)
present singular third person deleverages · participle present deleveraging · participle past deleveraged · past deleveraged
- businessTo reduce debt by rapidly selling assets.
Because the country is exposed to large interest rate shocks, this triggers a strong precautionary-saving response: households deleverage fast and massively.
2026, Hausmann-Guil, Guillermo, “Approximating around the Stochastic Steady State Matters: Rethinking Uncertainty Shocks in Small Open Economies”, in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishleverage
- Englishdeleverage
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 資產去槓桿 /资产去杠杆
- 資產去槓桿 /资产去杠杆 (zīchǎn qùgànggǎn)to reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets
Dutch schuld aanzuiveren
- schuld aanzuiverento reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets
Finnish vähentää velkaantumista, purkaa velkavipu
- vähentää velkaantumistato reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets
- purkaa velkaviputo reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets
French désendetter
- désendetterto reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets
German enthebeln
- enthebelnto reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets
Cite this entry
APA
deleverage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deleverage
MLA
“deleverage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deleverage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deleverage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deleverage.
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