Synonyms for leverage
ˈlɛv ər ɪdʒ, ˈlɛv rɪdʒ; ˈli vər ɪdʒ, -vrɪdʒlever·age

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1. leverageverb

   Synonyms:
   financial leverage, mechanical advantage, operating leverage, exploit, use

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1. leverage, purchasenoun

   the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever

   Synonyms:
   purchase, leveraging

2. leveragenoun

   strategic advantage; power to act effectively

   "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"

   Synonyms:
   purchase, leveraging

3. leverage, leveragingverb

   investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)

   Synonyms:
   purchase, leveraging

4. leverageverb

   supplement with leverage

   "leverage the money that is already available"

5. leverageverb

   provide with leverage

   "We need to leverage this company"

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1. • Advantage
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   • Supplement

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1. leveragenoun

   Synonyms:
   purchase (obtained by the lever)

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1. leveragenoun

   Synonyms:
   purchase

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1. List of paraphrases for "leverage":

   lever, leveraging, leverages, influence, seize, capitalize, mobilize, exploit, harnessing, tap, harness, mobilizing, advantage

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1. Joanna Naples-Mitchell:

   For example, where has excited delirium come up, and trying to understand why it is they are finding what seems to have been the case so far, that it's majority Black men and other people of color this term is being attributed to ? and is it exclusively in the context of law enforcement where this term is coming up ? Is it exclusively in the context of restraints being used that this comes up and deaths are attributed to excited delirium ? There's a lot that legislators can do to really leverage their powers as investigators to look at this and bring public attention to it more broadly.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   We have absolutely no appetite for going to war or to be provocative to create situations that might evoke responses where mistakes could be made, countries exercise their leverage, they threaten, they this or that.

3. Kevin Brady:

   We need to take them head-on. I think a good, solid agreement with China could actually create a new era of fair trade with China for our farmers, our workers and our businesses, this is leverage. So keep everyone at the table.

4. Mike Piwowar:

   It is the unsubstantiated assertion that these products contribute to increased volatility in the financial markets because they must rebalance their portfolios in the same direction as the contemporaneous return on the underlying assets in order to maintain a constant leverage ratio.

5. David Kostin:

   Unless earnings growth accelerates materially, companies will likely continue to fund spending by drawing down cash balances and increasing leverage.