| -age | English (en) | Forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.. Forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee. Forming nouns indicating a place. Forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result. Forming nouns indicating a rate. Forming nouns of a state or relationship. |
| lever | English (en) | (mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.. (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.. (mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.. [...] |
| leverage | English (en) | (transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something). (business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high capacity utilization of a facility.. (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, [...] |
