English Explanatory Dictionary

degear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To reduce one's debt by selling off assets, especially those that were acquired with borrowed money.
  2. To calculate the net value of assets after removing both debt and the projected cost of interest on borrowed capital.
  3. To remove one's gear (special equipment).
  4. To remove or disable the gears (transmission or interlocking gears).

Word forms

degear degears degearing degeared de-gear

Etymology

From de- + gear.

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