degear
English
verb
Definitions
- (finance) To reduce one's debt by selling off assets, especially those that were acquired with borrowed money.
- (accounting) To calculate the net value of assets after removing both debt and the projected cost of interest on borrowed capital.
- To remove one's gear (special equipment).
- To remove or disable the gears (transmission or interlocking gears).
Etymology
Prefix from English gear.
Origin
English
gear
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drawgear English
- footgear English
- foregear English
- gear English
- gearbox English
- gearhead English
- gearjammer English
- gearknob English
- gearless English
- gearlike English
- gearmaker English
- gearmotor English
- gearset English
- gearstick English
- gearwork English
- headgear English
- multigear English
- nanogear English
- neckgear English
- nightgear English
- nosegear English
- raingear English
- regear English
- shoegear English
- switchgear English
- undergear English
- ungear English
- upgear English
- gir Norwegian Bokmål
- gir Norwegian Nynorsk
- gere Middle English
- gèar Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- gir Faroese
- gia Swahili
- gia Tok Pisin
- gia bokis Tok Pisin