The word we are focusing on today for all of you who are learning B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary – leverage. Leverage has several different meanings. We only highlighted one in the photo, but below you will find all the different ways in which we can use this word.
Leverage – power
- Having power to influence a result.
- The concept of power can take on several forms: military power, physical power, political power or simply having information that the other person or company does not. Think of it as an advantage
- The EU has little leverage over that part of the world.
- We can use our leverage to dominate the negotiation.
- The political party in power always has more leverage over the incumbent.
Leverage – business
- The relationship between how much money a company owes to banks and the value of that company
- We need to reduce the leverage we owe by 20% this year.
- when someone borrows money to buy an investment or a company
- You can leverage your home equity to gain more wealth.
- To use money to get more money
- Charities try to leverage their earnings by having famous people and companies match the donations of ordinary people.
Leverage – Action
- the act of using a lever
- Using the ropes for leverage, they were able to lift the couch up to the second floor window.
Learn more B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary
Now that you have learned the meanings of this B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary – leverage, check out more of our Vocab Rehab posts:
Vocab Rehab: Empowerment
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