Leverage is to debt as lever is to what?
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Note: Can sound vague if not paired with a concrete action.
Leverage
//ˈlɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "leverage" (78 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (39)
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More general
11 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
127 translations across 25 languages.
Catalan
4 entries- avantatge noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- influència noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- palanca noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- palanquejament noun (use of borrowed funds)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 利用 verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Danish
3 entries- indflydelse noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- indvirkning noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- løftestang noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
Dutch
4 entries- hefboom noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- hefboom noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- hefboomfonds noun (use of borrowed funds)
- hefboomkracht noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
Esperanto
4 entries- influo noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- levil-efika prunto noun (use of borrowed funds)
- avantaĝutiligi verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
- uzi levilan efikon verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Finnish
4 entries- vaikutusvalta noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- vipuvarsi noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- vipuvoima noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- vipuvoima noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
French
4 entries- effet de levier noun (use of borrowed funds)
- exploiter verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
- profiter (de quelque chose) verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
- tirer parti (de quelque chose) verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Galician
3 entries- apancamento noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- influencia noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- aproveitar verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
German
4 entries- Einfluss noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- Fremdfinanzierungsgrad noun (use of borrowed funds)
- Fremdkapitalaufnahme noun (use of borrowed funds)
- Hebel noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
Greek
4 entries- μόχλευση noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- μόχλευση noun (use of borrowed funds)
- αξιοποιώ verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
- εκμεταλλεύομαι verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Hebrew
2 entries- הנפה noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- מינף verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Hungarian
4 entries- befolyás noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- emelőerő noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- tőkeáttétel noun (ability to earn very high returns)
- befolyásol verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Irish
3 entries- cumas luamháin noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- luamhánacht noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- tionchar noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
Italian
4 entries- influenza noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- leva noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- leveraggio noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- potenza noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
Japanese
2 entries- レバ noun (use of borrowed funds)
- レバレッジ noun (use of borrowed funds)
Kazakh
1 entries- левераж noun (use of borrowed funds)
Norwegian
3 entries- dra fordel av verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
- profittere på verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
- utnytte verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Polish
4 entries- dźwignia finansowa noun (use of borrowed funds)
- lewarowanie noun (use of borrowed funds)
- naciski noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- siła nacisku noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
Portuguese
3 entries- alavancagem noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- alavancagem noun (use of borrowed funds)
- aproveitar verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Russian
4 entries- рыча́г noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- рыча́г noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- вы́годно испо́льзовать verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
- максима́льно испо́льзовать verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- forsiranje noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- uticaj noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- utjecaj noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- profitírati verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Slovak
1 entries- použiť pákový efekt verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Spanish
4 entries- apalancamiento noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- apalancamiento noun (use of borrowed funds)
- enchufe noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- influencia noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
Swedish
4 entries- hävstång noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- hävstång noun (use of borrowed funds)
- hävstångseffekt noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- hävstångseffekt noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
Turkish
4 entries- kaldıraç kuvveti noun (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
- koz noun (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage)
- manivela noun (ability to earn very high returns)
- (birini) kullanmak verb (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
What we need is leverage.
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What I need is leverage.
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Sami has a certain leverage.
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