leveraged

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of leverage

comparative more leveraged · superlative most leveraged

1. businessOperating on leverage (borrowed funds).

   So-called perps allow traders to make highly leveraged bets, up to 100-to-1 on some crypto exchanges, to boost their returns on market moves.

   2025 December 6, George Steer, Jill R Shah, Nikou Asgari, “Crypto’s rocky year”, in FT Weekend (Big Rea section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6

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   Since 2008, banks have kept more capital on hand to protect against a downturn, and their balance sheets are less leveraged now than they were in 2007.

   2020 June 10, Frank Partnoy, “The Looming Bank Collapse”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2020

   Leveraged E.T.F.s use tools like swaps, futures and other derivatives to amplify bets on an asset. But the aggressive use of leverage by the funds named in the letter has raised red flags, Niko Gallogly writes.

   2025 December 5, “Why the Battle for Warner Bros. Discovery May Not Be Over Yet”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025