overleverage

noun, verb — 2 senses

overleverage

noun

Etymology From over- + leverage.

1

Excessive leverage.

overleverage

verb

Etymology From over- + leverage.

1

Business, Finance To leverage excessively.

The company was severely overleveraged.
“Yes, there was overleveraging in the industry.2009 January 20, John Collins Rudolf, “Banks Foreclose on Builders With Perfect Records”, in New York Times:

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