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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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. Yanzhong Huang:

   That gives it this leverage... to make deals with countries in need of the vaccines, health Silk Road.

2. Jeremy Rudin:

   With the nature of the Canadian system and the exposure that the Canadian banks have, if we were to raise the leverage ratio to as high as perhaps some other countries, we're going to start to undermine the risk-weighted aspect of the capital framework.

3. Jeremy Hunt:

   We have been working hard to secure her release but despite repeated efforts have not been successful. We have not even been able to secure her the medical treatment she urgently needs despite assurances to the contrary, no government should use innocent individuals as pawns for diplomatic leverage so I call on Iran to release this innocent woman so she can be reunited with her family.

4. Vincent Foster:

   Allowing the option for a modest increase in this leverage to 2:1 would enable BDCs to deploy significantly more capital to small and mid-size businesses. Simultaneously, BDCs will be able to reduce the risk in their portfolios, as they can invest in lower yielding, lower risk investments and still generate valuable returns and dividends to their shareholders.

5. Matthew Chance:

   While Russia is concerned about North Korea and its missiles, it also sees North Korea as an opportunity to gain leverage with the West, the US in particular, russia doesn't want North Korea to have nuclear weapons, but the response from officials in Moscow has been minimal because they know Russia isn't one of Pyongyang's targets.