leverage

Speech parts

1. leverage - Noun

2. leverage - Verb

Meaning

The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

use power control influence authority advantage edge purchase exploit utilize sway clout leveraging dominion regency
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Antonyms

bane Achilles tendon trade lack badness break
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Hypernyms

provide supply advantage investment render supplement

Hyponyms

bargaining chip

Phrases with the word

political leverage any leverage axis of leverage

Examples

The historic role of the Conservative Party is to use the leverage of its political and diplomatic skills to create a fresh balance between the different elements within the state at those times when, for one reason or another, their imbalance threatens to disrupt the orderly development of society. Edward Heath

We face a brutal enemy who will kill the innocent for one purpose and that is to gain control of the Middle East and to use the leverage of oil to bring down the West, and to attack us again. Karl Rove

We need to increase the transparency of shadow banking markets so that authorities can monitor for signs of excessive leverage and unstable maturity transformation outside regulated banks. Janet Yellen

Using leverage to cure the problems of too much leverage is not homeopathy, it is denial. The debt crisis is not a temporary problem, it is a structural one. We need rehab. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

We must develop knowledge optimization initiatives to leverage our key learnings. Scott Adams

I have serious concerns about whether it's prudent to give any foreign country substantial leverage over the U.S. economy. Instead of spending $80 billion on important programs here at home, we're sending this money overseas just to pay interest on our debt. Tim Johnson

Close letter words and terms

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