deleveraging

American  

[dee-lev-er-ij-ing, -lee-ver-] / diˈlɛv ər ɪdʒ ɪŋ, -li vər- /

noun

1. the act or process of paying off or reducing debt; a decreasing of financial leverage.

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Etymology

Origin of deleveraging

First recorded in 1975–80; de- ( def. ) + leveraging ( def. )

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deleveraging

The around $3 billion working capital release should also aid deleveraging efforts, she writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Cash generation and deleveraging were particularly strong despite $1 billion higher tax outflows and $1 billion of hybrid bond redemptions, she writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Fast forward a fortnight amid some very rapid and painful deleveraging, and the index now stands at 6813 after a stealth rally of 21%.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

First is the intense deleveraging of speculative retail positions in the Korean stock market as a whole that has been ongoing since the market peaked in the third week of June.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

“We are going through the greatest deleveraging in the history of financial services and it’s going to go on and on and on,” he said.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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