1. • noun - the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
   • noun - strategic advantage
   • noun - investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
   • verb - supplement with leverage
   • verb - provide with leverage
2. • The action of a lever.
   • The mechanical advantage of a lever.
   • Positional advantage; power to act effectively: “started his... career with far more social leverage than his father had enjoyed” (Doris Kearns Goodwin).
   • The use of credit or borrowed funds to improve one’s speculative capacity and increase the rate of return from an investment, as in buying securities on margin.
   • To provide (a company) with leverage.
   • To supplement (money, for example) with leverage.
   • To affect as if by leverage: a lifestyle that was leveraged by business responsibilities.
3. • v - to provide with a type of economic advantage

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