overleverage

English

Etymology

over- +‎ leverage

Noun

overleverage (uncountable)

1. Excessive leverage.

Verb

overleverage (third-person singular simple present overleverages, present participle overleveraging, simple past and past participle overleveraged)

1. (finance) To leverage excessively

   The company was severely overleveraged.

   • 2009 January 20, John Collins Rudolf, “Banks Foreclose on Builders With Perfect Records”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “Yes, there was overleveraging in the industry.