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overleveraging

overleveraging is the present participle and gerund of overleverage.

Meaning of overleverage

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To leverage excessively.
    • The company was severely overleveraged.

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Questions about overleveraging

What is overleveraging the present participle and gerund of?
Overleveraging is the present participle and gerund of overleverage.

Words near overleveraging in the dictionary

  1. overlevelling
  2. overlevels
  3. overleverage
  4. overleveraged
  5. overleverages
  6. overleveraging
  7. overlevered
  8. overlewd
  9. overlexicalization
  10. Overley
  11. Overleys

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