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Definition of Leverage. 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. use one's influence to affect people or circumstances; increase the return on an investment by using borrowed money.
See Also: Homemade Leverage. In finance, homemade leverage is a technique individual investors can use to synthetically adjust the leverage of a firm. Basically, in order to replicate the effects of leverage in the firm, the individual investor borrows money at the same borrowing rate as the company and adds leverage to his portfolio.