Financing a firm’s acquisition with a significant amount of debt. A firm typically issues term loans and junk bonds to drive IRRs for their private equity overlords (due to tax-deductibility of interest).
Outside of its native LBO context, to ‘lever up’ refers to the act of getting rekt and fully sending it.
Outside of its native LBO context, to ‘lever up’ refers to the act of getting rekt and fully sending it.
Ex.1: “Blackstone is about to lever up that company’s balance sheet to 6.9x LTM Adj EBITDA. They’re underwriting to a 42.0% net IRR”
Ex.2: “Yo Tucker was levered up last night and stage dived from the DJ booth right into some chick’s VIP table. He then called the bouncer a back-office jabroni as he was dragged out”
Ex.2: “Yo Tucker was levered up last night and stage dived from the DJ booth right into some chick’s VIP table. He then called the bouncer a back-office jabroni as he was dragged out”
by djdsol69 December 25, 2019
Get the Lever upmug. The act of becoming completely intoxicated beyond human control, helplessly inebriated. Its one step beyond plastered, sauced, bombed, wasted, etc.
by T - bone September 26, 2006
Get the Suissed Upmug. derived from potois (jamaican creole) to describe making good on a debt. Commonly used in dancehall music.
by The Real Ska March 10, 2009
Get the nice it upmug. (phrase) Phrase shared between hos encouraging further and at times more advanced ho-like behaviors and deeds.
As the guest speaker in Hoing 101 Betsy emphasized to the class as she was summarizing all she had shared with the class, “…..Nobody said hoing going be easy. Sometimes you gotta get your knees dirty….a lot sometimes, and sometimes you gotta take that bitchslap—go on, girl, you know you’ve had it coming for a minute so it that shit. And while I’m on the subject of eating that shit, if one of your regulars be financing you hearty and has told you to swallow…”. Clearing her throat as she paused then shifting her head from side to side she finished by saying “….Then by-God of you wanna stay on his payroll then, bitch, it’s time for you to ho-up and Eat—-That—-Shit, you feel me. Eat That Shit!! Ho-up!!”
by Nikki Stixx November 20, 2021
Get the Ho-upmug. Slang For tighten up or Turn up!! Usually used when wanting to focus or get hyped.
Usually used ad "T up"
Usually used ad "T up"
by H0ldenlol February 8, 2023
Get the Tee upmug. the dance you do when you have had a few drinks of tuaca and feel like having a little bit of a dance. this dance can go with any music and invloves leaning over, pushing out the bum, extending the arms in front and pulling them back as you shuffle backwards (sort of like the running man but moving backwards). You must do it even if you are knocking into people.
Friend 1: Aw man, I love this song!
Friend 2: Yeah lets Tuacit up!!
friends proceed to tuac it up on the dance floor disregarding everybody else's good time
Friend 2: Yeah lets Tuacit up!!
friends proceed to tuac it up on the dance floor disregarding everybody else's good time
by samelephant August 7, 2012
Get the Tuac It Upmug. As good as expected or needed; good enough
by Shirifa June 9, 2018
Get the up to scratchmug.