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delevered

delevered is the simple past and past participle of delever.

Meaning of delever

Verb

delever (third-person singular simple present delevers, present participle delevering, simple past and past participle delevered)

  1. to reduce leverage, to pay back debts
    • Lenders forced the company to delever.

Questions about delevered

What is delevered the simple past and past participle of?
Delevered is the simple past and past participle of delever.

Words near delevered in the dictionary

  1. deleverage
  2. deleveraged
  3. deleverages
  4. deleveraging
  5. deleveragings
  6. delevered
  7. delevering
  8. delevers
  9. delexical
  10. delexicalisation
  11. delexicalisations

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