Seize vs Leverage - What's the difference?
seize | leverage |
to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
to take possession of (by force, law etc.)
to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
(nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
(obsolete) to fasten, fix
to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)
to have a seizure
* 2012 , Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician
to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up
(UK) to submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
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A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.
(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.
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(business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high capacity utilization of a facility.
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, date=April 15
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(transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something).
As verbs the difference between seize and leverage
is that seize is to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture while leverage is to use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something).As a noun leverage is
a force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.seize
English
Verb
(seiz)- to seize smuggled goods
- to seize a ship after libeling
- a panic seized the crowd
- a fever seized him
- to seize two fish-hooks back to back
- to seize or stop one rope on to another
- to seize on the neck of a horse
- The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year.'' (''Southey , Bunyan, p. 21)
- Nearing what she thought was a climax, he started seizing and fell off her. Later, realizing he was dead, she became alarmed and dragged the body to his vehicle to make it look like he had died in his truck.
- Rust caused the engine to seize , never to run again.
Derived terms
* be seized of, be seized with * seizable * seize the day * seize on, seize upon * seize up * seizer * seizorReferences
leverage
English
Noun
(en-noun)- A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood.
- Try using competitors’ prices for leverage in the negotiation.
- Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts.
- Their variable-cost-reducing investments have dramatically increased their leverage .
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