overleverage
Too much debt
To overleverage is to leverage excessively, that is, to take on too much debt or risk.
Legal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- defaultPreset standard option
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
receivership · failure · crash · bust · implosion · meltdown · contagion · bailout
Exceeding sustainable capacity
- overstretchedExtended past proper limits
- unsustainableCannot be maintained indefinitely
- precariousDangerously insecure
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
teetering · overburdened · cash-strapped · squeezed · distressed · underwater · upside-down · maxed-out
State of owing money
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- creditorOne owed money
lender · interest · principal · repayment · amortization · refinance · arrears · delinquency
State of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- downsideDisadvantage of something
- overexposureExcessive amount of something
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
bankruptcy
Legal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- defaultPreset standard option
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
liquidation · receivership · failure · crash · bust · implosion · meltdown · contagion · bailout · restructuring
overextension
Exceeding sustainable capacity
- overstretchedExtended past proper limits
- unsustainableCannot be maintained indefinitely
- precariousDangerously insecure
fragile · teetering · overburdened · cash-strapped · squeezed · distressed · underwater · upside-down · maxed-out · razor-thin
indebtedness
State of owing money
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
creditor · lender · interest · principal · repayment · amortization · refinance · arrears · delinquency · obligation
exposure
State of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- downsideDisadvantage of something
- overexposureExcessive amount of something
volatility · instability · speculation · contagion · unwinding
overleverageunderleveraged
Using less debt than optimal
deleveraging · debt-free · unleveraged · deleveraged · unencumbered
overleveragefinancial stability
Sound economic standing
financial discipline · capital preservation · financial resilience