Antonyms for leverage
ˈlɛv ər ɪdʒ, ˈlɛv rɪdʒ; ˈli vər ɪdʒ, -vrɪdʒlever·age

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1. leverageverb

   Synonyms:
   financial leverage, mechanical advantage, operating leverage, exploit, use

Matched Categories

1. • Advantage
   • Provide
   • Supplement

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1. leverage, purchasenoun

   the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever

   Synonyms:
   purchase, leveraging

2. leveragenoun

   strategic advantage; power to act effectively

   "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"

   Synonyms:
   purchase, leveraging

3. leverage, leveragingverb

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

   Synonyms:
   purchase, leveraging

4. leverageverb

   supplement with leverage

   "leverage the money that is already available"

5. leverageverb

   provide with leverage

   "We need to leverage this company"

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1. leveragenoun

   Synonyms:
   purchase

How to use leverage in a sentence?

1. Bill McDermott:

   You get the bigger leverage when you get into year two and beyond.

2. Edward Hoagland:

   To relive the relationship between owner and slave we can consider how we treat our cars and dogs -- a dog exercising a somewhat similar leverage on our mercies and an automobile being comparable in value to a slave in those days.

3. Falko Ernst:

   If he throws in his whole leverage, as we've seen with migration, then there is very little the Mexican government can do to hold its ground.

4. Josh Hawley:

   Maybe we can put to rest this attempt to constantly leverage the worst interpretations of Justice Scalia's philosophy, misrepresentations, and attribute them all to you, as if you are the same person.

5. Joe Manchin:

   She started choking. People cough, you think, well. And then started getting real red.' I can't breathe, I can't breathe,' i was big enough and tall enough to get some leverage on her and pick her up off her feet. I kept jerking and jerking and jerking until she said,' You're hurting me now.'.

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