deleverage en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English leverage English deleverage From de- + leverage.
Meanings
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To 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deleveraging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| deleverages | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| deleveraged | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| deleveraged | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
de enthebeln (to reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets) · fi vähentää velkaantumista (to reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets) · nl schuld aanzuiveren (to reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets) · fr désendetter (to reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets) · fi purkaa velkavipu (to reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets) · cmn 資產去槓桿 /资产去杠杆 (to reduce debt in by rapidly selling assets)