Definition of deleveraging in English:
deleveraging
noundiːˈliːv(ə)rɪdʒɪŋdiːˈlɛv(ə)rɪdʒɪŋdēˈlēv-
mass nounFinance The process or practice of reducing the level of one's debt by rapidly selling one's assets.
Example sentencesExamples
- Now, however, it looks like we could be in the early stage of a deleveraging process.
- No deleveraging of any consequence has yet taken place in the US corporate sector; borrowing in fact, has continued unabated.
- And if stocks have commenced a meaningful decline, we would expect considerable deleveraging here as well.
- Relatively straightforward deleveraging and cost reductions turned around the likes of Southland, News Corp., Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Holiday Corp., and Macy's.
- In late February, management detailed a deleveraging campaign intended to return the company to investment-grade credit status by 2005.