leveraged
adjective
lev·er·aged
ˈle-və-rijd 
ˈlē-;
ˈlev-rijd,
ˈlēv-
1
: having a high proportion of debt relative to equity
2
of the purchase of a company
: made with borrowed money that is secured by the assets of the company bought
a leveraged buyout
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Typically, that buyer is very leveraged in the stock market and already has a multiple watch collection.
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
The company is highly leveraged, with outstanding loans and convertible notes payable totaling $1,722,401.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025
Corporate leveraged loan and high yield bond default rates have been rising this year, as have default rates in the private credit markets.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The government invested in mRNA technology for decades before it was leveraged to create vaccines that saved us from a once-in-century pandemic.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
The company is highly leveraged, with outstanding loans and convertible notes payable totaling $1,722,401.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025
Corporate leveraged loan and high yield bond default rates have been rising this year, as have default rates in the private credit markets.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The government invested in mRNA technology for decades before it was leveraged to create vaccines that saved us from a once-in-century pandemic.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for leveraged
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“Leveraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leveraged. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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