bleedbleed /bliːd/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp bled /bled/)1[intransitiveI] to lose moneyIts consumer electronics division continued to bleed, with an operating loss of $100 million.
2[transitiveT] to make someone pay an unreasonable amount of moneybleed somebody for somethingShe bled him for every last cent that she could.
3bleed somebody/something dry/white to take a lot or all of someone’s moneydeveloping countries bled dry by massive loan repayments