nnoun.actinvesting with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)Synset:leverage
Derivationally Related Form:leverage
Hypernyms:investing investment
Inherited Hypernyms:leverageinvestingfinancecommercial enterprisecommercetransactiongroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:leverageinvestingfinancecommercial enterprisecommercetransactiongroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.possessionsupplement with leverageExamples:- leverage the money that is already available
Derivationally Related Form:leverage
Hypernyms:supplement
Inherited Hypernyms:leveragesupplementaddincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.possessionprovide with leverageExamples:- We need to leverage this company
Derivationally Related Form:leverage
Hypernyms:furnish provide render supply
Inherited Hypernyms:leveragesupplygivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody