leverage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: leverage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for leverage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leverage n the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever Synonym(s): leverage, purchase strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage" investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) Synonym(s): leverage, leveraging v supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available" provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leverage \Lev"erage\ (l[ecr]v"[etil]r[asl]j [or] l[emac]"v[etil]r[asl]j), n. The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever. {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.