Definitions For Leverage
noun
- Investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
- Strategic advantage; power to act effectively
- The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- Influence or power used to achieve a desired result
- The increase in force gained by using a lever
verb
- Provide with leverage
- Supplement with leverage
- To use (something valuable) to achieve a desired result
Is Leverage a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15
The word Leverage is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Leverage in a Sentence
- The union's size gave it leverage in the labor contract negotiations.
- The player's popularity has given him a great deal of leverage with the owners of the team.
- I used the leverage of the bar and a wooden block to pry the rock out of the hole.
- The company wants to leverage its brands more effectively.
- A reality show contestant who's trying to leverage her 15 minutes of fame
Synonyms for Leverage
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