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单词 leveraged
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leveraged

adjective

lev·​er·​aged ˈle-və-rijd How to pronounce leveraged (audio)
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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Interest costs for an average company with debt consisting of leveraged loans have increased sharply and will likely continue to rise into next year, according to research by Barclays PLC. Matt Wirz, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Floating or variable rates are common with leveraged loans, as well as debts like credit cards and mortgages. Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2022 Then personal data, like search history and past purchases, began to be leveraged to create personalized recommendations and suggestions. Roland Gossage, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 Chinese developers are massively leveraged and a substantial amount of their borrowing is in dollars. David Asher, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022 Plenty of questions and concerns remain about a project that is heavily leveraged with borrowing and federal financing. al, 26 July 2022 Banks, particularly those that failed, weren’t unusually leveraged. Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 11 July 2022 As taxi drivers grew fearful of losing their livelihoods and lashed out, Uber leveraged violence against its drivers in its efforts to win sympathy from regulators and the public. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 10 July 2022 Retail purchases of leveraged ETFs hit the highest level in at least two years that day, according to data provider Vanda Research. Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

leveraged

verb

past tense of leverage
as in used
to take unfair advantage of a reality show contestant who's trying to leverage her 15 minutes of fame

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  • used
  • exploited
  • abused
  • manipulated
  • milked
  • pimped
  • wrought
  • worked
  • traded on
  • walked on
  • cheated
  • cashed in (on)
  • played (on or upon)
  • capitalized (on)
  • imposed (on or upon)
  • mistreated
  • jerked around
  • fleeced
  • commercialized
  • bled
  • soaked
  • commodified
  • stuck
  • overcharged
  • skinned
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