leverage

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• /ˈlɛv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/
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From lever + -age. The verb likely comes from martial arts/judo usage, where one would "use an opponent's leverage (i.e. their weight, height, centre of balance, etc.)" against them in order to defeat them.

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: palanca — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Danish: løftestang — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Dutch: hefboom — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Dutch: hefboomkracht — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Finnish: vipuvoima — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Galician: apancamento — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• German: Hebelwirkung — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• German: Hebel — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• German: Hebelkraft — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Greek: μόχλευση (móchlefsi) — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Hungarian: emelőerő — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Irish: luamhánacht — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Irish: cumas luamháin — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Italian: potenza — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Italian: leveraggio — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Italian: leva — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Polish: siła nacisku — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Portuguese: alavancagem — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Russian: рыча́г (ryčág) — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Spanish: palanca — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Spanish: palanqueo — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Spanish: apalancamiento — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Swedish: hävstång — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Swedish: hävstångseffekt — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Turkish: kaldıraç kuvveti — force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
• Catalan: influència — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Catalan: avantatge — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Danish: indflydelse — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Danish: indvirkning — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Dutch: hefboom — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Dutch: hefboomkracht — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Dutch: invloed — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Dutch: voordeel — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Esperanto: influo — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Finnish: vaikutusvalta — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Finnish: vipuvarsi — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Finnish: vipuvoima — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Galician: influencia — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• German: Einfluss — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• German: verstärkter Druck — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Hebrew: הנפה (hanafa) — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Hungarian: befolyás — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Irish: tionchar — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Italian: influenza — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Polish: naciski — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Russian: рыча́г (ryčág) — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Serbo-Croatian: forsiranje — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Serbo-Croatian: uticaj — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Serbo-Croatian: utjecaj — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Spanish: enchufe — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Spanish: palanca — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Swedish: inflytande — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Swedish: hävstångseffekt — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Turkish: koz — influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage
• Catalan: palanquejament — use of borrowed funds
• Dutch: leverage — use of borrowed funds
• Dutch: hefboomfonds — use of borrowed funds
• Esperanto: levil-efika prunto — use of borrowed funds
• French: effet de levier — use of borrowed funds
• German: Fremdfinanzierungsgrad — use of borrowed funds
• German: Fremdkapitalaufnahme — use of borrowed funds
• German: Verschuldungsgrad — use of borrowed funds
• German: Hebelwirkung — use of borrowed funds
• Greek: μόχλευση (móchlefsi) — use of borrowed funds
• Japanese: レバレッジ (rebarejji) — use of borrowed funds
• Japanese: レバ (reba) — use of borrowed funds
• Kazakh: левераж (leveraj) — use of borrowed funds
• Polish: dźwignia finansowa — use of borrowed funds
• Polish: lewarowanie — use of borrowed funds
• Portuguese: alavancagem — use of borrowed funds
• Spanish: apalancamiento — use of borrowed funds
• Swedish: hävstång — use of borrowed funds
• Swedish: hävstångseffekt — use of borrowed funds
• Catalan: rendiment — ability to earn very high returns
• German: Hebelwirkung — ability to earn very high returns
• German: Hebel — ability to earn very high returns
• Hungarian: tőkeáttétel — ability to earn very high returns
• Spanish: rendimiento — ability to earn very high returns
• Turkish: manivela — ability to earn very high returns
• Catalan: aprofitar — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Chinese Mandarin: 利用 (lìyòng) — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Esperanto: avantaĝutiligi — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Esperanto: uzi levilan efikon — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• French: profiter (de quelque chose) — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• French: exploiter — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• French: tirer parti (de quelque chose) — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Galician: aproveitar — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• German: aushebeln — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• German: hebeln — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• German: wirksam einsetzen — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• German: voll zunutze machen — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• German: ausnutzen — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Greek: αξιοποιώ (axiopoió) — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Greek: εκμεταλλεύομαι (ekmetallévomai) — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Hebrew: מינף (minéf) — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Hungarian: kihasznál — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Hungarian: kiaknáz — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Hungarian: hasznosít — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Hungarian: hasznot húz — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Hungarian: profitál — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Hungarian: bevet — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Hungarian: rávesz — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Hungarian: elér — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Hungarian: befolyásol — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Italian: fare leva su — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Italian: approfittare di — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Italian: avvantaggiarsi di — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Norwegian: dra fordel av — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Norwegian: profittere på — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Norwegian: utnytte — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Polish: wykorzystywać — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Polish: wykorzystać — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Portuguese: aproveitar — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Russian: максима́льно испо́льзовать (maksimálʹno ispólʹzovatʹ) — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Russian: применя́ть (primenjátʹ) — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Russian: улучша́ть (ulučšátʹ) — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Russian: оптимизи́ровать (optimizírovatʹ) — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Russian: вы́годно испо́льзовать (výgodno ispólʹzovatʹ) — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Serbo-Croatian: профити́рати — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Serbo-Croatian: profitírati — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Slovak: použiť pákový efekt — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Spanish: beneficiarse — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Spanish: aprovecharse de — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Spanish: apalancar — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Spanish: palanquear — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Turkish: (birini) kullanmak — use, exploit, take full advantage of
• Turkish: nüfuz etmek — use, exploit, take full advantage of