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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of deleverage.

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Examples

  • Until Bear Stearns 'hedge funds, Goldman Sachs' hedge funds, Countrywide Financial Corp and BNP Paribas, France's most respected bank, suddenly "deleveraged" this summer.

    Credit Derivative Orgy is Behind Liquidity Crisis 2007

  • Exports in that dreadful last quarter of 2008 fell by half in the Asian tigers at an annualised rate; capital flows to emerging markets went over a cliff as Western banks "deleveraged".

    The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

  • Exports in that dreadful last quarter of 2008 fell by half in the Asian tigers at an annualised rate; capital flows to emerging markets went over a cliff as Western banks "deleveraged".

    The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

  • Exports in that dreadful last quarter of 2008 fell by half in the Asian tigers at an annualised rate; capital flows to emerging markets went over a cliff as Western banks "deleveraged".

    The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

  • Last week's release of the Flow of Funds report issued from the Federal Reserve clearly underlines the fact that as a country, not only haven't we deleveraged, but to the contrary, debt accumulation is still increasing.

    Michael Pento: Interest Rates Are On The Launching Pad Michael Pento 2011

  • To reassure investors, banks have deleveraged and tightened credit.

    Olivier Blanchard: Driving the Global Economy with the Brakes On Olivier Blanchard 2012

  • Asian firms deleveraged dramatically after the Asian financial crisis.

    Asia's Bond Market Comes Alive Soofian J. Zuberi 2011

  • They have deleveraged by selling assets and have big development pipelines.

    U.K. REIT Challenge for 2012: Debt Anita Likus 2011

  • "He's sort of a genius, but I think Aubrey might not have realized heretofore how badly shareholders want to see the company deleveraged," Mr. Icahn said in an interview.

    Chesapeake Feels Icahn's Presence Ben Casselman 2011

  • "He's sort of a genius, but I think Aubrey might not have realized heretofore how badly shareholders want to see the company deleveraged," Mr. Icahn said in an interview at the time.

    Gas Titan's Blueprint Rests on More Deals Ryan Dezember 2012

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