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Leveraging

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Noun

1. leverage, leveraging

investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Leveraging

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noun
1. 
the action of a lever
2. 
the mechanical advantage gained by employing a lever
3. 
power to accomplish something; strategic advantage
4. 
the enhanced power available to a large company
the supermarket chains have greater leverage than single-outlet enterprises
5.  US word for gearing (sense 3)
6. 
the use made by a company of its limited assets to guarantee the substantial loans required to finance its business

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Leveraging

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noun
1. 
the action of a lever
2. 
the increased force resulting from this
3. 
means of accomplishing some purpose
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈleveraged or ˈleveraging
4. 
to speculate in (a business investment) largely through the use of borrowed funds, or credit, with the expectation of earning substantial profits; also, to mortgage (oneself or one's assets) in this way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Leveraging

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n.
1.
a. The action of a lever.
b. The mechanical advantage of a lever.
2. Positional advantage; power to act effectively: "started his ... career with far more social leverage than his father had enjoyed" (Doris Kearns Goodwin).
3. The use of credit or borrowed funds, often for a speculative investment, as in buying securities on margin.
tr.v. lev·er·aged, lev·er·ag·ing, lev·er·ag·es
1.
a. To provide (a company) with leverage.
b. To supplement (money, for example) with leverage.
2. To improve or enhance: "It makes more sense to be able to leverage what we [public radio stations] do in a more effective way to our listeners" (Delano Lewis).
3. To use so as to obtain an advantage or profit: leveraged their personal contacts to find new investors.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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