overleverage

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ leverage.

Noun

overleverage (uncountable)

  1. Excessive leverage.

Verb

overleverage (third-person singular simple present overleverages, present participle overleveraging, simple past and past participle overleveraged)

  1. (finance) To leverage excessively
    The company was severely overleveraged.
    • 2009 January 20, John Collins Rudolf, “Banks Foreclose on Builders With Perfect Records”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      “Yes, there was overleveraging in the industry.
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