Betydelse av highly geared på svenska

• 0 used to describe a company that has a large amount of debt compared to its share capital, (= money in shares) or the structure of such a company's capital:

  • Companies with high debts are 'highly geared', and face financial difficulties if their profits fall or interest rates rise.

  • The company's board said it would not support the highly leveraged capital structure of the proposed buyout offer.

• 1 used to describe a person who has borrowed a large amount of money compared to their income or the amount of capital they already have:

  • US homes are about as strongly rated as UK ones but the US consumer is even more highly geared than the UK one.