Deleveraging
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The process of something being deleveraged. countable, uncountable
"In October, 2008, at the height of the financial crisis, he circulated a twenty-page essay immodestly titled “A Template for Understanding What’s Going On,” which said the economy faced not just a common recession but a “deleveraging”—a period in which people cut back on borrowing and rebuild their savings—the impact of which would be felt for a generation."
- 1 present participle and gerund of deleverage form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"In October, 2008, at the height of the financial crisis, he circulated a twenty-page essay immodestly titled “A Template for Understanding What’s Going On,” which said the economy faced not just a common recession but a “deleveraging”—a period in which people cut back on borrowing and rebuild their savings—the impact of which would be felt for a generation."
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