レバレッジ

noun

leverage

Used in finance and business contexts to refer to the use of borrowed capital or other instruments to amplify potential returns. Also used more broadly to mean strategic advantage or influence.

• 投とう資しでレバレッジをかけると、リスクも大おおきくなる。

  When you use leverage in investing, the risk also increases.

• 彼かれは交こう渉しょうでレバレッジとして情じょう報ほうを使つかった。

  He used information as leverage in the negotiation.