debt-financed

adjective

Definition

› FINANCE used to describe an investment that you pay for by borrowing money: The company had a weaker overall financial profile after the debt-financed acquisition of another leading food business.

(Definition of debt-financed adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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