Word Finder - leverage

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A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.

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A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood.

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By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.

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Try using competitors’ prices for leverage in the negotiation.

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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.

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Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts.

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The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high capacity utilization of a facility.

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Their variable-cost-reducing investments have dramatically increased their leverage.

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To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).

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They plan to leverage off the publicity to get a good distribution agreement.

Once we're there, we'll have all the leverage we need.

We will also explore how to leverage technology to enhance Africa's higher education goals.

He knew all her secrets; it was leverage, in case she ever did anything stupid, like betray him.

This will give you some leverage in your negotiations.

Unlike conventional garden tools, the unique ratchet mechanism allows the user to exert maximum leverage with minimum effort.

The outrigger affords better leverage than the inrigger, which has rowlocks above the gunwales.

The trick is to figure out your infrastructure's unique advantages and leverage them.

Carefully she moved her feet into a position with better leverage.

It is also a great opportunity to learn how to partner with your local and national government levels, allowing you to build relationship and gain leverage as a group, should you ever need something in terms of requests or protests.

They'll know the best way to leverage networks like LinkedIn in order to get your company noticed, and may even be able to get your business mentioned on influential New York blogs.

Xander would never help another without some sort of leverage.

National governments still wield tremendous leverage both on the territories they govern and as the only legally authorized participants in international deliberations.

The low cost, along with the high degree of leverage, has provided a major inducement for speculators to participate in the market.

Symantec Event Manager for Firewall enables organizations to leverage that data and capitalize on their existing investments in firewall security.

Simply attach its obscenely powerful magnets to any surface you see fit and marvel at some truly superhuman leverage... .

Three years later he was elected president of the Social Science Congress at Glasgow, where, on the 30th of September, he gave a striking address upon the discovery of means for raising the condition of the working class as the "true leverage of empire."

The advantage of the first arrangement is that the weights on the steelyard are always the same, and inconsistencies of indication are avoided, while in the second arrangement the loose weights are lighter and handier, though they must be very accurate and consistent among themselves, or the error will be considerable, by reason of the great leverage they exert.

Lifters are thick platforms that elevate the ski boot off the ski and help the skier to generate more leverage onto the turning ski.

From the high school student seeking a specific career to the working adult wanting to increase opportunities for promotion, a college degree adds bargaining value and leverage to goals.

If you're redesigning a room or a whole house, you may be able to leverage your buying power into an overall discount.

The stone was so valued that it was often given in trade and as a leverage in tribal treaty negotiations.

The graduated bob is a style that takes some courage to pull off, but it's a celebratory move that may well give your hair the leverage it's long needed.

Jessica Simpson gave the company's studded bag leverage, allowing it to enjoy its intense moment in the spotlight by carrying it everywhere she went.

In addition to the heel, there's also a one-and-a-half-inch platform to contend with, which adds a little extra leverage.

Anna uses Jeremy to get access to the Gilbert house and kidnaps Elena to use as leverage against Bonnie and the Salvatores.

Finally, upcoming Passions spoilers can be used as leverage against one of those die-hards who refuse to have anything revealed to them.

A case knife makes it much easier to get the leverage to open it.

Using your breath as leverage, twist into the pose--only as far as is comfortable--and hold.

For example, Insurance Company A might send more business to a given doctor and may thus have more leverage to negotiate.

Using a loop that is too large will prevent you from getting enough leverage to pop the plug out of the skin.

While you can add applications like a blog feed, reading window and more, many users choose not to leverage these applications in order to make their pages more open for the experience section.

You may even be able to use the tool to leverage your own identity and find a new job, opportunity or direction.

It is not surprising that some of the first companies to leverage the power of social media are in information technology.

More than manufacturers have begun to leverage social media.

Contributing to a discussion "is an excellent way to gain and leverage influence."

Some businesses want to leverage the power of the Internet to reach a global marketplace, but others just want to reach a more focused and local clientele.

It is only natural that companies leverage the benefits of an over-connected society by offering interactive and innovative products to feed our addiction to the Internet.

She had a feeling it would tear her apart and he would use that as leverage.

This also gives us a great opportunity to leverage synergies from our successful mutual fund business in India.

The result was the loss of any possible negotiating leverage in ensuring that a follow-on regime would have any teeth.

The campaign looks to gain maximum leverage from the heritage of each region.

That's not a way to exercise leverage and have an effect on events in life.

You could have considerable leverage in placing your business if you also offer up these two categories.

Here on ascher's percent report photophobia is my fear maximize his leverage.

Interesting to see the applications that are coming forward to leverage the ubiquity of the mobile phone!

If zoci = z 2 x 2, and z i t= z 2 y 2, then the leverage of any portion of the load applied at x 2 will be the same as the leverage of any part of the load applied at and the pressure produced at y i will be the same for equal portions of the load, whether they were originally applied at x 1 or x2.

The same disk carries the index arm, which is rigidly fixed to it and indicates the weight and value of the goods, and also carries the pendulum, which is rigidly attached to it, and regulates the position of the index arm according to the position which it takes up and the leverage which it exerts when swayed out of the vertical position by the action of the lever of the lever machine.

As they rotate they roll themselves up the pairs of bands which are attached to the top of the casting, and at the same time cause the leaden weights attached to the bottoms of the cylinders to take up a lateral position, where they exercise a leverage opposing the motion of the cylinders, and bringing them up in a definite position corre - sponding to the pull of the vertical rod.

Mr Birrell began by introducing a bill for the establishment of an Irish Council, which would have given the Home Rulers considerable leverage, but, to the surprise of the English Liberals, it was summarily rejected by a Nationalist convention in Dublin, and was forthwith abandoned.

It is salutary to reflect that a multinational company would have ' sweated ' (realized) this hidden leverage capital years ago.