LEVERAGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of leverage in English
leverage noun [U]
(ACTION )
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leverage noun [U]
(POWER )
leverage noun [U]
(BUSINESS )
finance & economics
specialized
finance & economics
specialized With leverage, the investor's $100,000 buys $500,000 or more of stock if he wants .
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leverage verb [T]
(USE )
leverage verb [T]
(BUSINESS )
finance & economics
specialized
finance & economics
specialized
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(Definition of leverage from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of leverage
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However, today this second category of players has much less economic, political and military leverage .
Thus, the leverage of the legislature may be higher, but adaptation by courts may be more efficient.
This could be based on the different 'leverage ' of each group.
Undervaluation of the capital base may significantly increase the leverage of investment restrictions.
The predominantly engagement, potential threat group was attacked as the mainstream, but it survived as the best option for global political leverage .
Thus, encouraging inter-agency and public involvement meant that, when points of contention arose later in the process, participants had little leverage for dispute.
Finally, weavers exerted a great deal of leverage in the recruitment process.
This structure gave the non-profit partner considerable negotiating leverage but not exclusive control.
For systems style work in an advanced programming language, the challenge is often to leverage the advantages of the language.
They recognize that public support strengthens the moorings of federal institutions and gives them additional leverage in interactions with other levels of government.
Federal regulation thus proceeded without the leverage of statutory law, the stronger of these two regulatory traditions.
First, since the domains are not closed, there is no strong sense in which notions of sublanguage can be leveraged.
This would provide more leverage by increasing the number of observations from the cases examined.
The lessening of weight fluctuations and the containment of chronic thinness, as compared with the 1960s, gave further leverage for cushioning seasonal hunger.
Any foreign company that was dominant in domestically manufactured edible oils and industrial fats might hope to exercise some leverage .
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Translations of leverage
in Chinese (Traditional)
作用, 槓杆作用, 槓杆效力…
in Chinese (Simplified)
作用, 杠杆作用, 杠杆效力…
in Spanish
influencia, influencias, acción de palanca…
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influência, alavancar, aproveitar…
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influence, force (de levier)…
invloed, macht, hefboomkracht…
indflydelse, vægtstangskraft…
makt, inflytande, hävstångskraft…
der Einfluss, die Hebelkraft…
innflytelse, makt, vektstangkraft…
влияние, средство для достижения цели…
แรงผลักดัน, แรงที่ได้เพิ่มขึ้นจากการงัด…
ảnh hưởng, sức mạnh của đòn bẩy…
wpływ, wpływy, siła dźwigni…
influenza, autorità, leva…
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