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Anchorage vs Leverage - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between anchorage and leverage

is that anchorage is a harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge. while leverage is a force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.

As a proper noun Anchorage

is a large coastal city in Alaska.

As a verb leverage is

to use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something).

anchorage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.US FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886 .
  • (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
    • (Johnson)
  • That into which something is anchored or fastened.
    • the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge
  • (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
  • The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
  • The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
  • (figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (fee for anchoring) cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, tonnage, wharfage

    References

    leverage

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
    • A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood.
  • By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.
    • Try using competitors’ prices for leverage in the negotiation.
  • (finance) 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.
  • *
  • (business) 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 .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=April 15 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22nd goal of the season.}}

    Synonyms

    * (force compounded by a lever) mechanical advantage * (use of borrowed fund) financial leverage * (ability to earn high returns from high capacity utilization) operating leverage

    Verb

    (leverag)
  • (transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something).

    • Derived terms

    * leveraged buyout

    Synonyms

    * (take full advantage of) exploit, use