"leveraged" meaning in All languages combined

See leveraged on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more leveraged [comparative], most leveraged [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} leveraged (comparative more leveraged, superlative most leveraged)
  1. (finance) Operating on leverage (borrowed funds). Derived forms: leveraged buyout, leveraged buy-out, overleveraged, underleveraged, unleveraged
    Sense id: en-leveraged-en-adj-jHbBHkFe Categories (other): Finance, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Topics: business, finance

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} leveraged
  1. simple past and past participle of leverage Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: leverage
    Sense id: en-leveraged-en-verb-JecUT7x4
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