leverage

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: purchaseleveraging

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a leverSynonyms: purchase
  2. strategic advantage; power to act effectively“relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage”
  3. investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)Synonyms: leveraging

Verb (2)

  1. supplement with leverage“leverage the money that is already available”
  2. provide with leverage“We need to leverage this company”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Leverage \Lev"er*age\ (l[e^]v"[~e]r*[asl]j or l[=e]"v[~e]r*[asl]j), n. The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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