leverage
IPA: ɫˈɛvɝɪdʒ
noun
- A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
- (by extension) Any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.
- (finance) 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.
- (finance) The debt-to-equity ratio.
- (business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high-capacity utilization of a facility.
verb
- (transitive, chiefly US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
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Examples of "leverage" in Sentences
- This is the leverage of the investment banks.
- However, this is the extent of the leverage they wield.
- The acquisition was one of the largest leveraged buyouts.
- During the 1980s, he dove headfirst into the leveraged buyout boom.
- In macroeconomics, a key measure of leverage is the debt to GDP ratio.
- The leverage in the butterfly guard allows for powerful sweeps and quick.
- The robber places a bomb in the family's VCR, as leverage with the police.
- Central to environmental design is knowledge and leverage of the environment.
- The amount of the purchase price financed by debt is referred to as leverage.
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