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noun
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power or ability to act or to influence people, events, decisions, etc.; sway: Being the only industry in town gave the company considerable leverage in its union negotiations. Synonyms: advantage, strength, weight; clout, pull.
verb (used with object)
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to exert power or influence on.
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to use (a quality or advantage) to obtain a desired effect or result: She was able to leverage her travel experience and her gift for languages to get a job as a translator.
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to provide with leverage: The board of directors plans to leverage two failing branches of the company with an influx of cash.
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to invest or arrange (invested funds) using leverage.
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is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Cultural Dictionary
leverage definition
The amount in which a purchase is paid for in borrowed money. The greater the leverage, the greater the possible gain or potential loss.
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Example sentences
Stimulating these areas triggers a host of local and general physiological effects, leveraging the body's own healing power.
To begin with, the authors are successfully leveraging decades of bacterial genetics and basic biochemistry to do this work.
Superpowers achieve their goals by leveraging mystique and the possibility of what they might do or not do.
So, the stars are being paid to show up at the shows, thereby leveraging their star status.
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