leverage : Idioms & Phrases


Leverage of a couple

  • (Mech.), the perpendicular distance between the lines of action of two forces which act in parallel and opposite directions.
Webster 1913

Leverage of a force

  • the perpendicular distance from the line in which a force acts upon a body to a point about which the body may be supposed to turn.
Webster 1913

leveraged buyout

  • noun a buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan
    • a leveraged buyout by upper management can be used to combat hostile takeover bids
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