leverage

[LevĀ·er*age]

If you have leverage, you hold the advantage in a situation or the stronger position in a contest, physical or otherwise.

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The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.

Noun
investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)

Noun
strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"

Noun
the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever

Verb
provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"

Verb
supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available"

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n.
The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.


Leverage

Lev"er*age , n. The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever. Leverage of a couple (Mech.), the perpendicular distance between the lines of action of two forces which act in parallel and opposite directions. -- Leverage of a force, the perpendicular distance from the line in which a force acts upon a body to a point about which the body may be supposed to turn.

The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.

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Usage Examples

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

The leverage and influence social media gives citizens are rapidly spreading into the business world.

As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.

We'll have a public power authority, which will also have the ability to build power or finance power. And more importantly, we'll have more power than our economy provides. All of that will give us leverage we don't have today.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions.

We must develop knowledge optimization initiatives to leverage our key learnings.

Personal law is simply the thought that controls your mind and your life more than any other thought. Finding that thought is the most valuable knowledge that you can have about yourself. It is like the leverage on personal change. It enables you to change very efficiently.

Through their own actions, customers can hold companies responsible to higher standards of social responsibility. Through collective action, they can leverage their dollars to combat the force of those investors who myopically pursue profits at the expense of the rest of society.

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