0 A leveraged company or organization owes a large amount of money in relation to its value:
The company is highly leveraged and struggling with interest payments.
He owns some highly leveraged investment property.
The company was acquired by a consortium in a highly leveraged takeover.
1 used to describe a company or organization that owes a large amount of money in relation to its value:
2 used to describe an investment which has been bought with a large amount of borrowed money:
Slowing growth is hurting leveraged companies, which are often owned by private equity.
He has acknowledged that his company is so leveraged that "the person that owns the debt controls the company".
There are lessons for regulators in terms of how leveraged a bank should be.
In the first quarter of this year, 35% of new syndicated loans were leveraged.
The leveraged deal left the company saddled with hundreds of millions of euros in debt.
Credit markets have turned extremely cautious, making it difficult to gain funding for leveraged transactions.
