Leverage

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leverage \Lev"er*age\ (l[e^]v"[~e]r*[asl]j or
     l[=e]"v[~e]r*[asl]j), n.
     The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the
     lever.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Leverage of a couple} (Mech.), the perpendicular distance
        between the lines of action of two forces which act in
        parallel and opposite directions.
  
     {Leverage of a force}, the perpendicular distance from the
        line in which a force acts upon a body to a point about
        which the body may be supposed to turn.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  leverage
       n 1: the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to
            use a lever [syn: {purchase}]
       2: strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively
          small groups can sometimes exert immense political
          leverage"
       3: investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential
          gains (at the risk of greater losses) [syn: {leveraging}]
       v 1: supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is
            already available"
       2: provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "leverage":
     aeromechanics, animal mechanics, ascendancy, authority,
     biomechanics, celestial mechanics, charisma, charm, clout,
     consequence, control, credit, dominance, domination, effect,
     electromechanics, eminence, enchantment, esteem, favor,
     fluid mechanics, force, good feeling, hold, hydromechanics,
     importance, incidental power, influence, influentiality,
     insinuation, leadership, magnetism, mastery, mechanical arts,
     mechanics, moment, personality, persuasion, potency, power,
     predominance, preponderance, pressure, prestige, purchase,
     quantum mechanics, rational mechanics, reign, repute, rule, say,
     servomechanics, statistical mechanics, suasion, subtle influence,
     suggestion, supremacy, sway, upper hand, wave mechanics, weight,
     whip hand, zoomechanics