leverages
Puts to work
Leverages is the third-person singular of leverage, meaning to use something to maximum advantage.
The word comes from lever—using a tool to multiply force—and extends to any strategic use of an asset or position: She leverages her connections to find new clients, The company leverages its brand recognition to enter new markets.
In finance, to leverage is to use borrowed capital to amplify potential returns.
Lever's balance point
- torqueRotational force measurement
- forceStrength or compulsion
- pivotPoint of rotation
- pryLever or snoop
pulley · gears · hydraulics · pneumatics · lifting · momentum · efficiency · equilibrium
Money owed another
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- capitalWealth used for investment
- marginEdge of a page
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
credit · funding · securities · portfolio · arbitrage · hedging · buyout · derivatives
Favorable factors or conditions
- strengthsPowers or capabilities
- assetsOwned items of value
- opportunitiesFavorable times to act
- resourcesAvailable assets or supplies
capabilities · synergy · optimization · positioning · timing · information · data · insights
Informal power or punch
- swayRock back and forth
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
diplomacy · pressure · advocacy · manipulation · coercion · soft power · connections · networks
fulcrum
Lever's balance point
pry · pulley · gears · hydraulics · pneumatics · lifting · momentum · efficiency · equilibrium · load
debt
Money owed another
investment · credit · funding · securities · portfolio · arbitrage · hedging · buyout · derivatives · collateral
advantages
Favorable factors or conditions
- strengthsPowers or capabilities
- assetsOwned items of value
- opportunitiesFavorable times to act
resources · capabilities · synergy · optimization · positioning · timing · information · data · insights · expertise
clout
Informal power or punch
- swayRock back and forth
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
negotiation · diplomacy · pressure · advocacy · manipulation · coercion · soft power · connections · networks · relationships
leveragessquanders
Spends recklessly or foolishly
wastes · neglects · underutilizes · fritters away · misuses
leveragesdisregards
Fails to consider
neglects · overlooks · forfeits · surrenders · abandons
leveragesdiminishes
Becomes smaller or weaker
dampens · weakens · dilutes · dissipates · neutralizes
- high leverage
- leveraged buyoutDebt-funded corporate acquisition
- financial leverageDebt-to-equity ratio strategy
- leveraged buy-outDebt-financed corporate acquisition
- economic leverageMonetary power over others
- diplomatic leverageAdvantage in statecraft negotiations
leverage, leveraged, leveraging, deleverage, overleveraged, deleveraging, unleveraged