English-Finnish translations for leverage

• vaikutusvalta
  EU:n vaikutusvalta Venäjään on rajoitettu. The EU's leverage over Russia is limited.
  Julkisilla hankinnoilla on suunnaton vaikutusvalta - 15 prosenttia Euroopan bruttokansantuotteesta. It has enormous leverage - 15% of the European internal product.
  Katsomme, että EU:lla olisi suurempi vaikutusvalta Syyriaan, jos assosiaatiosopimus allekirjoitettaisiin. We believe the EU would have a stronger leverage on Syria if the association agreement was signed.
• vipuvaikutus
  EIP:n vipuvaikutus on noin 35-kertainen, ja jäsenvaltioiden hallitukset ovat sen osakkaita. The EIB has a leverage of about 35 times, and its shareholders are Member State governments.
  Järjestelystä tarjotaan sata miljoonaa euroa ja sillä voi olla vipuvaikutus 500 miljoonaan euroon mikrorahoitusta. This facility will provide EUR 100 million and could leverage a further EUR 500 million of microcredit.
  Uudella takausvälineellä on tarkoitus saada aikaan vipuvaikutus Euroopan laajuisen liikenneverkon hankkeisiin suunnattavassa yksityisen sektorin rahoituksessa. The purpose of this new instrument is to provide leverage for the financing of TEN projects by the private sector.
• vipuvoima

Definition of leverage

• 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
• 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
• The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high capacity utilization of a facility
• To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something

Examples

• 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.
• They plan to leverage the publicity into a good distribution agreement
• They plan to leverage off the publicity to get a good distribution agreement

Related words

• deleverage
• leverage lease
• leveraged buyout
• leveraged management buyout
• operativa leverage
• highly leveraged institution