leveraged
adjective
lev·er·aged
ˈle-və-rijd 
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
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Bonderman is doing leveraged buyouts of tech companies.
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Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Jordan Sinclar, Robinhood’s U.K. president, didn’t elaborate on the regulatory challenges that caused the delay in the rollout of leveraged trading.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 21 Oct. 2024
Reality check: With an enterprise value of $72 billion, a leveraged buyout of Target would likely be the largest in history, a fact that Galloway acknowledged.
—Nick Halter, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
Then, in an even more crucial move, the Qatar Investment Authority last year dispatched $623 million as a leveraged buyout of Mr. Witkoff and his partners.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Jordan Sinclar, Robinhood’s U.K. president, didn’t elaborate on the regulatory challenges that caused the delay in the rollout of leveraged trading.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 21 Oct. 2024
Reality check: With an enterprise value of $72 billion, a leveraged buyout of Target would likely be the largest in history, a fact that Galloway acknowledged.
—Nick Halter, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
Then, in an even more crucial move, the Qatar Investment Authority last year dispatched $623 million as a leveraged buyout of Mr. Witkoff and his partners.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Leveraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leveraged. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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