1. Strategic advantage; power to act effectively
   "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"
    
2. The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
   "He used the crowbar for leverage to pry open the crate";
   - purchase
    
3. Investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
   "The company's leverage strategy backfired when the market crashed";
   - leveraging

1. Provide with leverage
   "We need to leverage this company"
    
2. Supplement with leverage
   "leverage the money that is already available"

Derived forms: leveraging, leverages, leveraged

Type of: advantage, furnish, investing, investment, mechanical phenomenon, offer, provide, render, supplement, supply, vantage

Encyclopedia: Leverage