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

Examples of leveraged in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On April 29, X Corp., Musk’s social media company, raised $1.23 billion in fresh debt to refinance part of its existing $12 billion debt load from Musk’s leveraged buyout three years ago. —John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025

The family’s 2005 leveraged buyout placed a club that had previously been debt-free since 1931 in the red for £580m. United’s debt pile stands at £731.5m, not including more than £300m owed in transfer fees to other clubs. —Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 May 2025

This approach enables a company to acquire liquidity, quite often through a leveraged loan, without having to transfer full ownership. —Joseph Safina, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025

That capital fueled a decade of leveraged growth in private markets. —Azeem Khan, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing leveraged

• leveraged buyout