英语词汇“leverage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	leverage
释义	lever·age I. \ˈlev(ə)rij, ˈlēv-, -rēj\ noun (-s) 1. a. : the action or mechanical effect of a lever < its weight is greatly aggravated by the leverage caused by its projection — Harper's > b. : an arrangement or system of levers 2. : effectiveness, power, influence < would have had little bargaining leverage while the blast furnaces were cold — Christian Science Monitor > < serious criticism has failed of leverage — Louis Kronenberger > 3. : the intensified speculative effect of market fluctuations on a company's common stock caused by its outstanding bonds and preferred stock on which the interest rate is fixed < the majority of the large closed-end companies do have senior securities outstanding in varying amounts, and accordingly the companies have varying degrees of leverage — H.V.Prochnow > II. noun 1. a. : borrowed money or its use to supplement capital or to increase the earning power of a relatively small investment b. : the ability of a small investment to produce a large return < leverage is so great with any options strategy that … this portfolio can double in just a few months — M.G.Ansbacher > c. : the advantage gained by using leverage < it gave business healthy leverage: business could do more with less of its own money — Chris Welles > 2. : the ratio of debt to equity < three other critical performance measures: return on assets, leverage, and return on equity — Business Week > III. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: leverage, noun : to provide (as a corporation) or supplement (as money) with leverage < has stretched and leveraged capital — Fortune > also : to enhance as if by supplying with financial leverage < who use tools to leverage personal capabilities to the limit — advt >
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