levered
Used mechanical advantage
Levered describes something operated or moved by a lever: a levered mechanism, she levered the lid open with a screwdriver.
In finance, levered means using borrowed money to amplify potential returns—a levered investment or levered buyout involves debt.
The company was heavily levered and vulnerable to rising interest rates.
Metal prying lever
- jimmySmall prying bar
- wedgeTapered splitting tool
- forceStrength or compulsion
- priedForced open or intruded
dislodge · extract · separate · open · loosen · shift · remove · lift
Purchase of controlling interest
- LBODebt-funded acquisition
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- debtMoney owed another
- capitalWealth used for investment
equity · borrowing · mezzanine · recapitalization · takeover · restructuring · margin · gearing
crowbar
Metal prying lever
pried · dislodge · extract · separate · open · loosen · shift · remove · lift · hoist
buyout
Purchase of controlling interest
- LBODebt-funded acquisition
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- debtMoney owed another
capital · equity · borrowing · mezzanine · recapitalization · takeover · restructuring · margin · gearing · overleveraged
leveredpressed
Pushed or smoothed flat
shoved · forced · manhandled · muscled · heaved
levereddeleveraged
Lowered debt ratio
unleveraged · debt-free · conservative · unencumbered · paid off
leveredlowered
Moved downward or reduced
pushed down · depressed · dropped · decreased · pressed down
- lever actionGun mechanism using pivoting handle
- gear leverTransmission ratio selector
- pull a leverActuate a mechanical control
- lever mechanismPivoting bar amplifying force
- high leverage
- shift leverTransmission position selector
lever, leverage, levers, leveraged, levering, leverages, deleverage, deleveraging