'Leverage' definitions:
Definition of 'leverage'
From: WordNet
noun
The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever [syn: leverage, purchase]
noun
Strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"
noun
Investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) [syn: leverage, leveraging]
verb
Supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available"
verb
Provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"
Definition of 'Leverage'
From: GCIDE
- Leverage \Lev"er*age\ (l[e^]v"[~e]r*[asl]j or l[=e]"v[~e]r*[asl]j), n. The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever. [1913 Webster]
- Leverage of a couple (Mech.), the perpendicular distance between the lines of action of two forces which act in parallel and opposite directions.
- Leverage of a force, the perpendicular distance from the line in which a force acts upon a body to a point about which the body may be supposed to turn. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'leverage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aeromechanics,
- animal mechanics,
- ascendancy,
- authority,
- biomechanics,
- celestial mechanics,
- charisma,
- charm,
- clout,
- consequence,
- control,
- credit,
- dominance,
- domination,
- effect,
- electromechanics,
- eminence,
- enchantment,
- esteem,
- favor,
- fluid mechanics,
- force,
- good feeling,
- hold,
- hydromechanics,
- importance,
- incidental power,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- insinuation,
- leadership,
- magnetism,
- mastery,
- mechanical arts,
- mechanics,
- moment,
- personality,
- persuasion,
- potency,
- power,
- predominance,
- preponderance,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- purchase,
- quantum mechanics,
- rational mechanics,
- reign,
- repute,
- rule,
- say,
- servomechanics,
- statistical mechanics,
- suasion,
- subtle influence,
- suggestion,
- supremacy,
- sway,
- upper hand,
- wave mechanics,
- weight,
- whip hand,
- zoomechanics