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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of leverage.

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Examples

  • Last month Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), one of Europe's largest leveraged lenders, announced that it was pulling out of the ­leveraged field and stopping lending in the structured real estate and project finance arenas.

    The Lawyer - Latest News 2009

  • Last month Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), one of Europe's largest leveraged lenders, announced that it was pulling out of the ­leveraged field and stopping lending in the structured real estate and project finance arenas.

    The Lawyer - Latest News 2009

  • The phrase "leveraged buyout" is sometimes used in connection with private equity firms.

    News 2012

  • "Today, the speed at which that information gets leveraged is astounding."

    Why becoming a data thief is all too easy 2010

  • Nearly every major bank, brokerage and lender you can name is up to its eyeballs in leveraged investments whose value is going up in smoke.

    Easter Lemming Liberal News 2008

  • Corporate profits soared, trillions of dollars were made in leveraged buyouts, hedge funds, and a completely deregulated derivative market that grew from 900 billion to over 60Trillion dollars.

    Back to the Future - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • I relate that to the censored radio guest and myself becoming less conservative years ago when exposed to the Wall Street rape of employees in leveraged buyouts.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • I relate that to the censored radio guest and myself becoming less conservative years ago when exposed to the Wall Street rape of employees in leveraged buyouts.

    Easter Lemming Liberal News 2007

  • By Republicans, no less. transactions are known as "leveraged buyouts."

    Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Robert J. Samuelson 2012

  • In the 1980s private equity deals were called leveraged buyouts and dealmakers were vilified as corporate raiders.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

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