gearing (redirected from Leverage ratio)

gear·ing  (gîrng)

n.

1. A system of gears and associated elements by which motion is transferred within a machine.

2. The act or technique of providing with gears.

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gearing [ˈgɪərɪŋ]

n

1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) an assembly of gears designed to transmit motion

2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) the act or technique of providing gears to transmit motion

3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) Also called capital gearing Accounting Brit the ratio of a company's debt capital to its equity capital US word leverage

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gearing - wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain" geartrain, power train, gear, train engine - motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work epicyclic gear train, epicyclic train - a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis reduction gear - gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed wheelwork - mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears)

Translations

gearing

n

(Aut) → Auslegung f → (der Gänge)

(Fin, of company) → Verhältnis nt → zwischen Eigen- und Fremdkapital