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LEVERAGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

leverage; leveraging

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("leverage" is a kind of...):

investing; investment (the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit)

Derivation:

leverage (provide with leverage)

leverage (supplement with leverage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strategic advantage; power to act effectively

Example:

relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("leverage" is a kind of...):

advantage; vantage (the quality of having a superior or more favorable position)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leverage"):

bargaining chip (leverage in the form of an inducement or a concession useful in successful negotiations)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever

Synonyms:

leverage; purchase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("leverage" is a kind of...):

mechanical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects)

Derivation:

lever (to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with leverage

Example:

We need to leverage this company

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "leverage" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Supplement with leverage

Example:

leverage the money that is already available

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "leverage" is one way to...):

supplement (add as a supplement to what seems insufficient)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

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

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