to leverage

English - Turkish

Definition of to leverage in English Turkish dictionary: {i} kaldıraç gücü; {i} manivela gücü; {i} baskı; (Avcılık) manivela kuvveti; (Ticaret) eğilim; temayül; (Ticaret) manivela; sonuç almak için kullanılan güç; /vb; dürtü; manivela hareketi/kuvveti; Kaldıraç kuvveti; Çıkarı için kullanmak; Piston; manivela kudreti; {i} manivelâ hareketi; güç/hareket; slang piston

English - English

Definition of to leverage in English English dictionary: The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high capacity utilization of a facility
Their variable-cost-reducing investments have dramatically increased their leverage.; 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
Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts.; To use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something)
They plan to leverage off the publicity to get a good distribution agreement.; In the financial sense, making a given amount of money do more work than is normal for its "size," in exactly the same way a properly applied lever can lift a very heavy weight Getting "more bang for your buck " The more leverage used, the more speculative is the investment Buying stock on 50% margin is using more leverage than paying in full for the stock Buying stock options is more leveraged than buying stock on margin And then there's futures welcome to hyperspace; To use; to gain advantage; to take full advantage of an existing thing; influence that you can use to make people do what you want: diplomatic leverage by the US; 1. Provide (as a corporation) or supplement (as money) with leverage; enhance as if by supplying with financial leverage 2. Use for gain, exploit; to make money available to someone in order to invest or to buy something such as a company: the use of public funds to leverage private investment; (Ekonomi) The control of a larger sum of money with a smaller amount. By accepting the liability to purchase or deliver the total value of a futures contract, a smaller sum (margin) may be used as earnest money to guarantee performance. If prices move favorably, a large return on the margin can be earned from the leverage. Conversely, a loss can also be large, relative to the margin, due to the leverage; to spread or use resources (=money, skills, buildings etc that an organization has available), ideas etc again in several different ways or in different parts of a company, system etc; the action, power, or use of a lever; pry; application form; Use of debt financing; The ability to control large amounts of a financial asset with a comparatively small amount of capital; By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage; Using someone else's money for the purchase of property; supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available; The use of borrowed funds to earn a greater return than the cost of the borrowed funds; In investments, the attainment of greater percentage profit and risk potential A call holder has leverage with respect to a stock holder - the former will have greater percentage profits and losses than the latter, for the same movement in the underlying stock; the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever; The degree to which an investor or business is utilizing borrowed money For companies, leverage is measured by the debt-to-equity ratio, which is calculated by dividing long-term debt by shareholders' equity The more long-term debt there is, the greater the financial leverage and the greater the risk of the company falling on its face For investors, leverage means buying on margin or using derivatives such as options, to enhance return on value without increasing investment Leveraged investing can be extremely risky because you can lose not only your money but the money you borrowed as well See "Long-Term Debt " BACK TO TOP; A measure of how much influence a single observation has on a fitted regression model Leverage is important since isolated points far from all the others may have a major impact on the fitted model The regression statlets list points whose leverage is very large, so that you may assess whether those points are improperly distorting the estimated model; supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available"; The ability to control large dollar amounts of a commodity with a comparatively small amount of capital; The use of borrowed money to increase investing power; strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"; The effect on a company when the company has bonds, preferred stock, or both outstanding Example: If the earnings of a company with 1,000,000 common shares increases from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000, earnings per share would go up from $1 to $1 50, or an increase of 50% But if earnings of a company that had to pay $500,000 in bond interest increased that much, earnings per common share would jump from $ 50 to $1 a share, or 100%; The practice of investing with borrowed money to increase potential profit For example, if you invest $5,000 and earn a 20 percent return, your profit is $1,000 If you invest $5,000 and borrow another $5,000 for a total of $10,000, you earn $2,000 (minus interest costs) A word of caution: Remember, leverage works both ways If your investment loses money, leverage can magnify your losses; A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque; Using long-term debt to secure funds for an organization In the social investment world, often refers to financial participation by other private, public or individual sources; Your company's ability to utilize debt financing to free your available cash flow or to acquire capital without a proportionate exchange in equity Your company invests with borrowed money in hopes of multiplying gains; A method of grantmaking practiced by some foundations Leverage occurs when a small amount of money is given with the express purpose of attracting funding from other sources or of providing the organization with the tools it needs to raise other kinds of funds Topic areas: Fundraising and Financial Sustainability; A method of grantmaking practiced by some foundations and individual donors Leverage occurs when a small amount of money is given with the express purpose of attracting funding from other sources or of providing the organization with the tools it needs to raise other kinds of funds; sometimes known as the "multiplier effect "; The use of borrowed funds to increase profitability and buying power In accounting and finance, it is the amount of long term debt relative to equity The higher the ratio the greater the leverage; investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"; To leverage a company or investment means to use borrowed money in order to buy it or pay for it. He might feel that leveraging the company at a time when he sees tremendous growth opportunities would be a mistake. + leveraged lev·er·aged The committee voted to limit tax refunds for corporations involved in leveraged buyouts; provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"; The use of borrowed money to increase both the amount of property you can purchase and the amount of profit this property generates For example, if you have $100,000 in cash you could purchase one house costing $100,000 But if you use leverage you could buy the same property using only $20,000 in cash and borrowing $80,000 You could then use the remaining $80,000 in cash to buy more properties or make other investments; the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"; ~ The use of borrowed money to increase investing power; The relationship between interest bearing debt and equity in a company(financial leverage) or the effect of fixed expense on after tax earnings(operating leverage); The effect of fixed charges such as debt interest or preferred dividends on per-share earnings of common stock Increases or decreases in income before fixed charges result in magnified percentage increases or decreases in earnings per common share Leverage also applies to seeking magnified percentage returns on an investment by using borrowed funds, margin accounts or buying securities which require payment of only a fraction of the underlying security's value, such as rights, warrants or options; Used in the context of general equities For corporations, property of rising or falling at a proportionally greater amount than comparable investments For example, an option is said to have high leverage relative to the underlying stock because a price change in the stock may result in a relatively large increase or decrease in the value of the option The use of debt financing; {i} action of a lever; mechanical power supplied by a lever; influence, ability to affect or alter people or circumstances; use of borrowed money to increase the return on an investment; Leverage is the force that is applied to an object when something such as a lever is used. The spade and fork have longer shafts, providing better leverage; The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever; In an investment context, the act of controlling more than one unit of a security through another device, such as buying stocks on margin, options, warrants, etc , for the purpose of enhancing returns or value In a corporate context, the relation of debt to equity in a firm's financial capital structure; Leverage is the ability to influence situations or people so that you can control what happens. His function as a Mayor affords him the leverage to get things done through attending committee meetings; The use of debt financing, or property of rising or falling at a proportionally greater amount than comparable investments For example, an option is said to have high leverage compared to the underlying stock because a given price change in the stock may result in a greater increase or decrease in the value of the option; {f} use one's influence to affect people or circumstances; increase the return on an investment by using borrowed money; investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)

to leverage

Hyphenation

to lev·er·age

Turkish pronunciation

tı livırîc

Pronunciation

/tə ˈlēvərəʤ/ /tə ˈliːvɜrɪʤ/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.