leveraged

4 definitions • 5 examples

A leveraged company or organization owes a large amount of money in relation to its value:

The company is highly leveraged and struggling with interest payments.

A leveraged deal or investment has been paid for using borrowed money. :

He owns some highly leveraged investment property.

The company was acquired by a consortium in a highly leveraged takeover.

used to describe a company or organization that owes a large amount of money in relation to its value:

Like other theater chains, it will be a highly leveraged company, carrying about $550 million in debt.

used to describe an investment which has been bought with a large amount of borrowed money:

leveraged deal/purchase/transaction They will have to reduce costs significantly to pay the borrowings to finance the highly leveraged deal.