āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
leverage
/lËiËvÉÉšÉĒdâĘ/
to leverage
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āϧāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āύ, āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āύ
to utilize borrowed funds or financial resources to increase one's capacity for investment or acquisition
Transitive: to leverage funds
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Real estate developers often leverage loans to acquire properties and take advantage of market opportunities.
āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āϞ āĻāϏā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĄā§āĻā§āϞāĻĒāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ
āϰā§āĻāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϝā§āĻā§āϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to use something to its maximum advantage
Transitive: to leverage sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Skilled diplomats know how to leverage diplomatic relationships to achieve favorable agreements.
āĻĻāĻā§āώ āĻā§āĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āύ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āϞ āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ
āϰā§āĻāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Leverage
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āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ, āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ
(finance) the using of credit or someone else's money to raise earning potential of shares
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦ, āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
the ability to influence a person or situation through the strategic use of resources to achieve a desired outcome
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The union used its leverage to secure better wages and working conditions for its members.
āĻāĻāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻžāϞ āĻŦā§āϤāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻļāϰā§āϤ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ, āϝāĻžāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž
the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
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āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ, āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦ
(finance) the value of a company's shares in relation to its debts
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
leveraging
leverage
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