leverage

  1. Noun.  A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
  2. Noun.  By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.
  3. Noun.  (finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability of a business to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.
  4. Noun.  (business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high capacity utilization of a facility.
  5. Noun.  (rfdef, lang en) .
  6. Verb.  (transitive, chiefly) To use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something).

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