degear (English, verb)
expansion: degear (third-person singular simple present degears, present participle degearing, simple past and past participle degeared)
Senses:
topics: business
finance
glosses: To reduce one's debt by selling off assets, especially those that were acquired with borrowed money.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: To calculate the net value of assets after removing both debt and the projected cost of interest on borrowed capital.
glosses: To remove one's gear (special equipment).
glosses: To remove or disable the gears (transmission or interlocking gears).
Forms:
form: degears
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: degearing
tags: participle
present
form: degeared
tags: participle
past
form: degeared
tags: past
form: de-gear
tags: alternative