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leveragenoun the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectlylacking much of the leverage it once had, the union is now being forced to make some concessions authority, clout, credit, heft, in, influence, juice(slang), pull, sway, weight counterinfluencecommand, dominance, dominion, mastery, predominance, reign, scepter, sovereignty(also sovranty), supremacyconsequence, eminence, importance, momentimpact, impress, impression, imprint, mark helplessness, impotence, impotency, powerlessness, weakness leverageverbto take unfair advantage ofa reality show contestant who's trying to leverage her 15 minutes of fame abuse, capitalize (on), cash in (on), exploit, impose (on or upon), milk, pimp, play (on or upon), use, work jerk around, manipulate, mistreatbleed, cheat, fleece, overcharge, skin, soak, stickcommercialize, commodify trade on, walk on in 1830 |