debt-financed

Paid with loans

Debt-financed describes something paid for with borrowed money rather than existing funds: a debt-financed acquisition, debt-financed stock buybacks.

The term appears in discussions of corporate strategy, government spending, and personal finance, often carrying an implication that the approach involves risk or deferred costs.

corporate

leveraged buyout

Debt-funded corporate acquisition

expansion · takeover · private equity · bonds · recapitalization · corporate raid · growth strategy · infrastructure · working capital · investment grade

consumer

mortgage

Secured home loan

tuition · personal loan · installment plan · buy now pay later · renovation · medical expenses · wedding · vacation · furniture · consumer goods

realestate

property acquisition

Gaining ownership of real estate

REIT · land purchase · housing development · loan-to-value · collateralized · construction loan · amortization · appreciation

government

stimulus

What prompts a reaction

budget · treasury bonds · fiscal policy · bailout · social programs · military spending · austerity · public investment · central bank · municipal bonds

Opposites
financial dependency/self-sufficiency

debt-financedself-funded

Paid with own resources

unleveraged · bootstrapped · debt-free · unencumbered · deleveraged

Family

debt, financed, debts, debtor, debtors, indebted, indebtedness, finance, finances

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Rated G