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lev⋅er⋅age

  [lev-er-ij, lee-ver-] noun, verb, -aged, -ag⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the action of a lever.
2. the mechanical advantage or power gained by using a lever.
3. power or ability to act or to influence people, events, decisions, etc.; sway: Being the only industry in town gave the company considerable leverage in its union negotiations.
4. the use of a small initial investment, credit, or borrowed funds to gain a very high return in relation to one's investment, to control a much larger investment, or to reduce one's own liability for any loss.
–verb (used with object)
5. to exert power or influence on.
6. to provide with leverage.
7. to invest or arrange (invested funds) using leverage.
Origin:
1715–25; lever + -age
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lev·er·age   (lěv'ər-ĭj, lē'vər-)   
n.  
    1. The action of a lever.
    2. The mechanical advantage of a lever.
  2. Positional advantage; power to act effectively: "started his . . . career with far more social leverage than his father had enjoyed" (Doris Kearns Goodwin).
  3. The use of credit or borrowed funds to improve one's speculative capacity and increase the rate of return from an investment, as in buying securities on margin.
tr.v.   lev·er·aged, lev·er·ag·ing, lev·er·ag·es
    1. To provide (a company) with leverage.
    2. To supplement (money, for example) with leverage.
  2. To improve or enhance: "It makes more sense to be able to leverage what we [public radio stations] do in a more effective way to our listeners" (Delano Lewis).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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