leverage
- noun
- /ˈlɛvərɪdʒ/
- One party, through bluster or leverage, claims control of the situation right away.
- political leverage
- gain leverage
- bargaining leverage
When someone else has the leverage, bad things happen.
- When someone else has the leverage, bad things happen.
- We need, we need to give restore more leverage to workers from from employers.
- Russia has some leverage with Assad.
- I think that we have more leverage than we thought.
- I think trust is like the ultimate in what leverage I have as a product reviewer.
- The first few hires are always like way higher leverage than subsequent hires.
- And so they want to use their potential spoiler status as leverage to bargain for something.
- What are some examples of those four types of leverage just in real world?
- So you have to create leverage with your big must or musts.
- Well, like for example, I learned leverage through other people.
Examples
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The owner of the machine thus gained unprecedented leverage over the whole process of production and over manpower.
Academic text (1999) -
Washington had simply failed to create any effective means of leverage against Syria.
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When someone else has the leverage, bad things happen.
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You can create leverage in your business by being better.
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The U.S. special relationship with Britain provides leverage against the emerging power of a united Europe.
Academic text (1999) -
Russia has some leverage with Assad.
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At least we've got the leverage to do it.
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Has the dependence on Russian gas given Moscow political leverage over countries to the west?
Academic text (2011) -
Without asset-specific resources, the employees have little leverage in a bargaining relationship.
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The company used its financial leverage to negotiate better terms with suppliers.
Synonyms
Ability to control people or events
Power to change how people think and act and how things develop
A force that draws things or gives someone an advantage
A position giving power or advantage over someone in a situation
A situation that gives someone more power in talks or competition
A strong advantage that gives someone a winning edge
To use power or influence to change a decision
Antonyms
How Influential
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Leverage meaning power or influence also comes from the same image of a lever that makes a small force do more. So having 'leverage' in people or business matters is having a small advantage that can strongly affect the result.