Sekirov Dictionary

leverage

/ˈlɛv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/

noun 6
verb 1
forms 3

noun6

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A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.
- A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood.
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Any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.
- Try using competitors’ prices for leverage in the negotiation.
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The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.
- Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts.
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The debt-to-equity ratio.
- In such cases where there is a multiple capital structure the factor known as leverage comes into play. — 1933
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The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high-capacity utilization of a facility.
- Their variable-cost-reducing investments have dramatically increased their leverage.
The distance of between an independent observation and other observations.

verb1

forms

leveraged · leveraging · leverages

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