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| Main Entry: | leverage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | advantage, ascendancy, authority, bargaining chip, break, clout, drag, edge, grease*, power, pull, rank, weight, jump on, ropes, suction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
| Synonyms: | aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand*, utility, wealth, expediency, leg-up, pre-eminence |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease*, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight*, connections, in, ropes |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | upper hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | major advantage |
| Synonyms: | advantage, authority, benefit, break, control, dominance, driver's seat, edge, favor, gain, help, improvement, lead, leg up, leverage, rule, superiority, supremacy, trump hand, whip hand |
| Main Entry: | takeover bid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offer to buy company |
| Synonyms: | leverage, hostile takeover, leveraged buyout, takeover |
| Main Entry: | lever |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lifter |
| Synonyms: | advantage, bar, crow, crowbar, leverage, pry, pinch bar, prise, pry bar, prying bar |
| Main Entry: | bargaining chip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | negotiating asset |
| Synonyms: | advantage, clout, edge, influence, leverage, power, pull, weight |
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