Leverage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The action of a lever.
  • n. The mechanical advantage of a lever.
  • n. Positional advantage; power to act effectively: "started his . . . career with far more social leverage than his father had enjoyed” ( Doris Kearns Goodwin).
  • n. The use of credit or borrowed funds to improve one's speculative capacity and increase the rate of return from an investment, as in buying securities on margin.
  • v. To provide (a company) with leverage.
  • v. To supplement (money, for example) with leverage.
  • v. To improve or enhance: "It makes more sense to be able to leverage what we [public radio stations] do in a more effective way to our listeners” ( Delano Lewis).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
  • n. By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.
  • n. The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability of a business to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.
  • n. The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high capacity utilization of a facility.
  • v. To use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The action of a lever; the arrangement by which lever-power is gained.
  • n. Lever-power; the mechanical advantage or power gained by using a lever.
  • n. Figuratively, advantage for accomplishing a purpose; increased power of action.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. supplement with leverage
  • n. the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
  • v. provide with leverage
  • n. investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
  • n. strategic advantage; power to act effectively
    • Verb Form
    leveraged    leverages    leveraging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    supplement    mechanical phenomenon    furnish    provide    supply   
    Form
    leveraged buyout   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hold    purchase    prize    pry    mechanical advantage   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beveridge    beverage   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    liquidity    volatility    profitability    diversification    flexibility   
     
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