Meaning

4 senses
  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).

Origin

From de- + gear.

From de- + gear.

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Forms

degears, degearing, degeared, degeared
Base formdegear · to degear
3rd person singulardegears
Present participledegearing
Past simpledegeared
Past participledegeared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydegear
he, she, itdegears

Past simpleLesson

all personsdegeared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave degeared
he, she, ithas degeared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill degear

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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