"leverage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈliːv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ Audio: en-us-leverage.ogg Forms: leverages [plural]
Etymology: From lever + -age. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lever|age}} lever + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} leverage (usually uncountable, plural leverages)
  1. A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: mechanical advantage Translations (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot): palanca [feminine] (Catalan), hefboom [masculine] (Dutch), hefboomkracht [feminine] (Dutch), vipuvoima (Finnish), Hebelwirkung [feminine] (German), Hebel [masculine] (German), Hebelkraft [feminine] (German), μόχλευση (móchlefsi) [feminine] (Greek), emelőerő (Hungarian), luamhánacht [feminine] (Irish), cumas luamháin [masculine] (Irish), potenza [feminine] (Italian), leveraggio [masculine] (Italian), leva [feminine] (Italian), siła nacisku [feminine] (Polish), alavancagem [feminine] (Portuguese), рыча́г (ryčág) [masculine] (Russian), palanca [feminine] (Spanish), palanqueo [masculine] (Spanish), apalancamiento [masculine] (Spanish), hävstång (Swedish), hävstångseffekt [common-gender] (Swedish), kaldıraç kuvveti (Turkish)
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  2. (by extension) Any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage. Tags: broadly, uncountable, usually Translations (influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage): influència [feminine] (Catalan), avantatge [masculine] (Catalan), hefboom [masculine] (Dutch), hefboomkracht [feminine] (Dutch), invloed [masculine] (Dutch), voordeel [neuter] (Dutch), influo (Esperanto), vaikutusvalta (Finnish), vipuvarsi (Finnish), vipuvoima (Finnish), Einfluss [masculine] (German), verstärkter Druck (German), הנפה (hanafa) [feminine] (Hebrew), influenza [feminine] (Italian), naciski [masculine, plural] (Polish), рыча́г (ryčág) [masculine] (Russian), forsiranje (Serbo-Croatian), uticaj (Serbo-Croatian), utjecaj (Serbo-Croatian), enchufe [masculine] (Spanish), influencia (Spanish), palanca [feminine] (Spanish), inflytande (Swedish), hävstångseffekt [common-gender] (Swedish), koz (Turkish)
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  3. (finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Finance Translations (use of borrowed funds): palanquejament [masculine] (Catalan), leverage (Dutch), hefboomfonds [neuter] (Dutch), levil-efika prunto (Esperanto), effet de levier [masculine] (French), Fremdfinanzierungsgrad [masculine] (German), Fremdkapitalaufnahme [feminine] (German), Verschuldungsgrad [masculine] (German), Hebelwirkung [feminine] (German), μόχλευση (móchlefsi) [feminine] (Greek), レバレッジ (rebarejji) (Japanese), レバ (reba) (Japanese), левераж (leveraj) (Kazakh), dźwignia finansowa [feminine] (Polish), lewarowanie [neuter] (Polish), alavancagem [feminine] (Portuguese), apalancamiento [masculine] (Spanish), hävstång [common-gender] (Swedish), hävstångseffekt [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  4. (finance) The debt-to-equity ratio. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms: gearing
    Sense id: en-leverage-en-noun-W1OL0XkZ Topics: business, finance
  5. (business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high-capacity utilization of a facility. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Business Synonyms: operating leverage Translations (ability to earn very high returns): rendiment [masculine] (Catalan), Hebelwirkung [feminine] (German), Hebel (German), tőkeáttétel [singular] (Hungarian), manivela (Turkish)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈlɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈliːv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ Audio: en-us-leverage.ogg Forms: leverages [present, singular, third-person], leveraging [participle, present], leveraged [participle, past], leveraged [past]
Etymology: From lever + -age. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lever|age}} lever + -age Head templates: {{en-verb}} leverage (third-person singular simple present leverages, present participle leveraging, simple past and past participle leveraged)
  1. (transitive, chiefly US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something). Tags: US, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Business Synonyms (take full advantage of): exploit, use Derived forms: leveraged buyout Related terms: force multiplier Translations (use, exploit, take full advantage of): aprofitar (Catalan), avantaĝutiligi (Esperanto), uzi levilan efikon (Esperanto), profiter (de quelque chose) (French), exploiter (French), tirer parti (de quelque chose) (French), aproveitar (Galician), aushebeln (German), hebeln (German), wirksam einsetzen (German), voll zunutze machen (German), ausnutzen (German), αξιοποιώ (axiopoió) (Greek), εκμεταλλεύομαι (ekmetallévomai) (Greek), מינף (minéf) (Hebrew), kihasznál (Hungarian), kiaknáz (Hungarian), hasznosít (Hungarian), hasznot húz (Hungarian), profitál (Hungarian), bevet (Hungarian), rávesz (english: exerting influence) (Hungarian), elér (Hungarian), befolyásol (Hungarian), fare leva su (Italian), approfittare di (Italian), avvantaggiarsi di (Italian), dra fordel av (Norwegian), profittere på (Norwegian), utnytte (Norwegian), wykorzystywać [imperfective] (Polish), wykorzystać [perfective] (Polish), aproveitar (Portuguese), максимально использовать (maksimalʹno ispolʹzovatʹ) (Russian), применять (primenjatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), улучшать (ulučšatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оптимизировать (optimizirovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), выгодно использовать (vygodno ispolʹzovatʹ) (Russian), профити́рати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), profitírati [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), použiť pákový efekt (Slovak), beneficiarse (Spanish), aprovecharse de (Spanish), apalancar (Spanish), palanquear (Spanish), (birini) kullanmak (Turkish), nüfuz etmek (Turkish)
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          "word": "exploiter"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
          "word": "tirer parti (de quelque chose)"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
          "word": "aproveitar"
        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
          "word": "aushebeln"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
          "word": "hebeln"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
          "word": "wirksam einsetzen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
          "word": "voll zunutze machen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
          "word": "ausnutzen"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
          "word": "αξιοποιώ"
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          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
          "word": "εκμεταλλεύομαι"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
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          "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
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          "word": "profitál"
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "fare leva su"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "aproveitar"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sk",
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          "word": "beneficiarse"
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          "word": "aprovecharse de"
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "tr",
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          "text": "Both exchanges offer crypto derivatives, which are bets on future fluctuations in cryptocurrency prices. They also offer extreme leverage — up to 125 times on Binance. That means a $1,000 down payment can be turned into a $125,000 gamble.",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "рыча́г"
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      "word": "kaldıraç kuvveti"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "verstärkter Druck"
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      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הנפה"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "influenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "naciski"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ryčág",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рыча́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "word": "forsiranje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "word": "uticaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "word": "utjecaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enchufe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "word": "influencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palanca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "word": "inflytande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hävstångseffekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage",
      "word": "koz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "palanquejament"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "word": "leverage"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hefboomfonds"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "word": "levil-efika prunto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "effet de levier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fremdfinanzierungsgrad"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fremdkapitalaufnahme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verschuldungsgrad"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hebelwirkung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "móchlefsi",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μόχλευση"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rebarejji",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "word": "レバレッジ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "reba",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "word": "レバ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "leveraj",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "word": "левераж"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dźwignia finansowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lewarowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alavancagem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apalancamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hävstång"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "use of borrowed funds",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hävstångseffekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ability to earn very high returns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rendiment"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to earn very high returns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hebelwirkung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to earn very high returns",
      "word": "Hebel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ability to earn very high returns",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "tőkeáttétel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ability to earn very high returns",
      "word": "manivela"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leverage"
}

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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
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    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
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    {
      "word": "leveraged buyout"
    }
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      "word": "force multiplier"
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          "text": "They plan to leverage the publicity into a good distribution agreement.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "They plan to leverage off the publicity to get a good distribution agreement.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 105:",
          "text": "EAP research has developed advanced methods for producing corpus-informed vocabulary resources, but these have yet to be fully leveraged to promote disciplinary literacy within the secondary school context.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 October 3, Riley Bailey, Angelica Evans, Grace Mappes, Davit Gasparyan, Nate Trotter, Frederick W. Kagan, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 3, 2024”, in Ukraine Project, Institute for the Study of War:",
          "text": "Russian forces continue to prioritize their offensive push towards Pokrovsk, and the operational significance of seizing the city will likely in part depend on the Russian military's ability to leverage the city in wider operational maneuver in Donetsk Oblast.",
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        "(transitive, chiefly US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something)."
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈliːv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "take full advantage of",
      "word": "exploit"
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    {
      "sense": "take full advantage of",
      "word": "use"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "aprofitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "avantaĝutiligi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "uzi levilan efikon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "profiter (de quelque chose)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "exploiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "tirer parti (de quelque chose)"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "aproveitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "aushebeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "hebeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "wirksam einsetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "voll zunutze machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "ausnutzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "axiopoió",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "αξιοποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekmetallévomai",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "εκμεταλλεύομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "minéf",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "מינף"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "kihasznál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "kiaknáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "hasznosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "hasznot húz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "profitál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "bevet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "exerting influence",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "rávesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "elér"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "befolyásol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "fare leva su"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "approfittare di"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "avvantaggiarsi di"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "dra fordel av"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "profittere på"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "utnytte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wykorzystywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wykorzystać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "aproveitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "maksimalʹno ispolʹzovatʹ",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "максимально использовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "primenjatʹ",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "применять"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ulučšatʹ",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "улучшать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "optimizirovatʹ",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оптимизировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vygodno ispolʹzovatʹ",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "выгодно использовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "профити́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "tags": [
        "Latin"
      ],
      "word": "profitírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "použiť pákový efekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "beneficiarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "aprovecharse de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "apalancar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "palanquear"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "(birini) kullanmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "use, exploit, take full advantage of",
      "word": "nüfuz etmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leverage"
}

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