About The Word Leverage
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Leverage
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What's The Definition Of 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; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage" [n] the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever [v] provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company" [v] supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available" Synonyms | Synonyms for Leverage: leveraging | purchase Related Terms | Find terms related to Leverage: aeromechanics | animal mechanics | ascendancy | authority | biomechanics | celestial mechanics | charisma | charm | clout | consequence | control | credit | dominance | domination | effect | electromechanics | eminence | enchantment | esteem | favor | fluid mechanics | force | good feeling | hold | hydromechanics | importance | incidental power | influence | influentiality | insinuation | leadership | magnetism | mastery | mechanical arts | mechanics | moment | personality | persuasion | potency | power | predominance | preponderance | pressure | prestige | purchase | quantum mechanics | rational mechanics | reign | repute | rule | say | servomechanics | statistical mechanics | suasion | subtle influence | suggestion | supremacy | sway | upper hand | wave mechanics | weight | whip hand | zoomechanics See Also | advantage | bargaining chip | furnish | investing | investment | mechanical phenomenon | provide | render | supplement | supply | vantage Leverage In Webster's Dictionary \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.
{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.
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