leveraged
adjective
lev·er·aged
ˈle-və-rijd 
ˈlē-;
ˈlev-rijd,
ˈlēv-
1
: having a high proportion of debt relative to equity
2
of the purchase of a company
: made with borrowed money that is secured by the assets of the company bought
a leveraged buyout
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David Rubenstein, the son of a Baltimore postal worker, was frustrated in a Washington law firm when he was both inspired by a wildly successful leveraged buyout and unnerved by a book that claimed the odds of successfully starting a company plummets after 37.
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Diane Brady,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Mining stocks can provide leveraged exposure to silver prices but also introduce company-specific risks.
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Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Telegram, with close to a billion users, tapped the onchain exchange Lighter earlier this year to offer leveraged trading inside chat.
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Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Its fund was the only leveraged product actually trading on IPO day.
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Krysta Escobar,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
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Diane Brady,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Mining stocks can provide leveraged exposure to silver prices but also introduce company-specific risks.
—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Telegram, with close to a billion users, tapped the onchain exchange Lighter earlier this year to offer leveraged trading inside chat.
—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Its fund was the only leveraged product actually trading on IPO day.
—
Krysta Escobar,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
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“Leveraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leveraged. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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