unleveragedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈliːv(ə)rɪdʒd/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɛv(ə)rɪdʒd/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɛv(ə)rɪdʒd/ Finance.
Not leveraged; not reliant on, or consisting of, borrowed funds.
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1962 N.A.A. Bull. Jan. 68/1 The small unleveraged (or lightly leveraged, if at all), industrial concern will need to earn at least 10 percent after-taxes.
1985 N.Y. Times 29 Sept. f28/5 An unleveraged real estate investor has the ability to stick it out during a downturn.
2004 J. G. Dunne Nothing Lost i. 25 Poppy was the primary beneficiary of Jim Ford's largely unleveraged estate, which she used to finance her first congressional campaign.
2016 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 29 Sept. (Financial Services section) 23 Yet again, Australia's enormous pool of unleveraged capital—superannuation—is having a stabilising influence on our economy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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