FINANCErelatingto acompanywhosecapitalis all in theformofsharesand that has nodebt, forexamplein theformofbonds:The company'sungearedbalancesheetmeansthey couldsoonbe on the look-out for acquisitions.(Definition ofungearedfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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ungearedBut people like soldiers and sailors and airmen and teachers, who have retiredungeared, unindexed to inflation, are now suffering very considerably straitened circumstances.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Conventionalungearedlocomotive number 2 was purchased for better efficiency on the longer rail line.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the vessel to be lightered is geared, then it can discharge cargo to smaller,ungearedvessels (typically barges).FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At first the fan wasungeared, which resulted in high noise levels.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unlike theungearedversion, the geared engine was completely enclosed within the fuselage.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These included small reciprocating engines and geared orungearedcruising turbines on one or two shafts.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The drives wereungeared, and the speeds of the turbines were the speeds of the shafts.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/ungeared##