leverage
noun
1. the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
Similar word(s): purchase
Definition categories: phenomenon
2. strategic advantage; power to act effectively
- relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage
Definition categories: attribute, advantage, vantage
3. investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
Similar word(s): leveraging
Definition categories: act, investing, investment
Sentences with leverage as a noun:
- A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood.
- Try using competitors’ prices for leverage in the negotiation.
- Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts.
- Their variable-cost-reducing investments have dramatically increased their leverage.
verb
1. supplement with leverage
- leverage the money that is already available
Definition categories: possession, supplement
2. provide with leverage
- We need to leverage this company
Definition categories: possession, furnish, provide, render, supply
Sentences with leverage as a verb:
- They plan to leverage the publicity into a good distribution agreement.
- They plan to leverage off the publicity to get a good distribution agreement.