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Noun Concept

Categories: Financial ratios, Mechanisms (engineering), Debt, Mechanics

leverage leveraging De-leverage de-leveraging Equity multiplier

Investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) WordNet 3.0

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Investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In finance, leverage is any technique involving borrowing funds to buy an investment, estimating that future profits will be more than the cost of borrowing. Wikipedia

Using given resources to magnify a financial outcome Wikipedia Disambiguation

the use of borrowed funds rather than fresh equity in the purchase of an asset Wikidata

Any technique to multiply gains and losses. OmegaWiki

The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability of a business to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk. Wiktionary

Use of borrowed funds. Wiktionary (translation)

Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts. Wiktionary

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

leverage, leveraging

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leverage (finance)