Degearing

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of selling off assets in order to reduce debt. uncountable

    "This support for Greene & Walker may stem from the duo's past experience as masters of degearing, an unusual quality in a business dominated by its hoarders."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of degear form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"This support for Greene & Walker may stem from the duo's past experience as masters of degearing, an unusual quality in a business dominated by its hoarders."

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