English-Swedish translations for leverage

hävstångenDen 23 september 1998 hade LTCM:s nettotillgångar fallit i värde till 600 miljoner US-dollar, med åtaganden på cirka 100 miljarder US-dollar, eller en hävstång på 167.By 23 September 1998, LTCM’s net assets had fallen to USD 600 million, with liabilities of around USD 100 billion, or a leverage of 167. Av de fem miljarder euro som har avsatts måste vi placera en så stor del som möjligt i Europeiska investeringsbanken, så att vi får en hävstång för förnybar energi och effektivitet.Out of the EUR 5 billion we need to park a maximum of money with the European Investment Bank, so as to have leverage for renewables and efficiency. Jag är särskilt glad att Coopenerprogrammet, som är anspråkslöst i sig självt, kommer att tjäna som hävstång för program som har mycket större resurser, som t.ex. dem som planerades i Johannesburg.I am particularly pleased that the COOPENER Programme, which is itself modest, will serve as leverage for much better-funded programmes such as those foreseen in Johannesburg.

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

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

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