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

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