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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "leverage"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ, āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āϜ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

to utilize borrowed funds or financial resources to increase one's capacity for investment or acquisition
Transitive: to leverage funds
to leverage definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Real estate developers often leverage loans to acquire properties and take advantage of market opportunities.
āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϟ āĻĄā§‡āϭ⧇āϞāĻĒāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ‹āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use something to its maximum advantage
Transitive: to leverage sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Skilled diplomats know how to leverage diplomatic relationships to achieve favorable agreements.
āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āϕ⧂āϟāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧂āϟāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϕ⧂āϞ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āϜ, āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āϜ

(finance) the using of credit or someone else's money to raise earning potential of shares
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ, āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

the ability to influence a person or situation through the strategic use of resources to achieve a desired outcome
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The union used its leverage to secure better wages and working conditions for its members.
āχāωāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻŦ⧇āϤāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ, āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž

the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
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āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āϜ, āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āϜ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ

(finance) the value of a company's shares in relation to its debts

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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