leveraged

To be totalled battered on alcohol

Mate, you were leveraged last night.

by . January 24, 2005

leveraged buyout

(FINANCE) when somebody buys a corporation using borrowed money ("leverage"), with the expectation that the new owner will able to pay for it from the corporation's own profits.

Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts (KKR) developed the LBO back when Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. and Henry Kravis were still partners at Bear Stearns (1960's). The technique was refined by Michael Milken's methods of underwriting and trading junk bonds. At the same time, corporate raiders and takeover artists like T. Boone Pickens perfected greenmail as a way to make money from failed hostile takeovers.

In constant US dollars, the largest leveraged buyout deal in history was the KKR takeover of RJR Nabisbo for $31.1 billion (1989). In 2006, several deals of even larger size were planned or attempted, but adjusted for inflation, they were not as large.

by Abu Yahya September 4, 2010

Liverage

Liverage this means freedom from an entangled source. Also this can mean gaining liberty or license to something.

I have longed to gain liverage from my parents since I turned 18.

by Nielar May 31, 2018

Under levered

A malaprop for under leveraged, used only by society's most egregiously underqualified businessmen or presidents.

"I'm totally under levered" - said the commander in chief.

by freighttrain1976 October 15, 2020

leverage

This is an object or an idea that gives the user an advantage in dealmaking

bramwell used his leverage to avoid death

by ilovthegays May 23, 2020

white leveraging

A term someone uses to attempt to make themselves not look like a piece of shit for blackmailing someone.

"Why are you blackmailing me?"
"Ah! You can't say blackmailing! I'm...I'm...white leveraging!"

by you, from the future July 6, 2023

Social Leverage

The ability for the least prosperous of the masses to reach the most number of people.

Through the technology of the internet, there is more social leverage, opposed to newspapers and radio.

by Stephan Smolka January 6, 2009