leverage

1. (uncountable, usually)A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.

   A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood.

   Hebelwirkung, Hebel, Hebelkraft

   рыча́гryčág

2. (broadly, uncountable, usually)Any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.

   Try using competitors’ prices for leverage in the negotiation.

   Einfluss, verstärkter Druck

   рыча́гryčág

3. (uncountable, usually)The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.

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

   Fremdfinanzierungsgrad, Fremdkapitalaufnahme, Verschuldungsgrad

4. (uncountable, usually)The debt-to-equity ratio.

5. (uncountable, usually)The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high-capacity utilization of a facility.

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

   Hebelwirkung, Hebel

6. (uncountable, usually)The distance of between an independent observation and other observations.

1. An investors' group is attempting a leveraged buy-out of the firm.

   deEine Gruppe von Anlegern versucht eine fremdfinanzierte Übernahme der Firma.

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2. What we need is leverage.

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3. What I need is leverage.

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4. He still needs her because she has leverage.

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5. Algeria's geography grants the nation excessive geopolitical leverage.

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uncountable