Leveraged means that something is being used to increase the power or influence of someone or something else. When a company is leveraged, it has borrowed a lot of money to buy a lot of shares in that company.
The company was leveraged when it borrowed a lot of money to buy a lot of shares in the company.
The government is leveraged when it has borrowed a lot of money to buy a lot of bonds.
verb
To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
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This is the leverage of the investment banks.
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However, this is the extent of the leverage they wield.
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The acquisition was one of the largest leveraged buyouts.
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Abuse is the leveraging of a power imbalance to the disadvantage of another.
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Central to environmental design is knowledge and leverage of the environment.
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In macroeconomics, a key measure of leverage is the debt to GDP ratio.
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The amount of the purchase price financed by debt is referred to as leverage.
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The leverage in the butterfly guard allows for powerful sweeps and quick.
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The robber places a bomb in the family's VCR, as leverage with the police.
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Lever delayed blowback utilizes leverage to delay the opening of the breech.