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leverage collapse: investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses); strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"; the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever; provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"; supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available"

ply collapse: (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood; one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four-ply yarn"; use diligently; "ply your wits!"; wield vigorously; "ply an axe"; join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply fabric"; travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast"; apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade"

insistence collapse: the act of insisting on something; "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position"; continual and persistent demands

vicinity collapse: a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

natural science collapse: the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena

commune collapse: a body of people or families living together and sharing everything; the smallest administrative district of several European countries; communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature"; receive Communion, in the Catholic church

incumbency collapse: the office of an incumbent; a duty that is incumbent upon you

department collapse: a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"; a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"; the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

chorea collapse: any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs

compression collapse: applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required; the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"

front collapse: the side that is seen or that goes first; the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"; the side that is forward or prominent; the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"; (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses; a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"; confront bodily; "breast the storm"; be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"

clutch collapse: a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; "this year's model has an improved clutch"; a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"; a number of birds hatched at the same time; a tense critical situation; "he is a good man in the clutch"

metier collapse: an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier"

handling collapse: the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means; manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something

littoral collapse: the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean; of or relating to a coastal or shore region

social science collapse: the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society

shading collapse: a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades; graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting

credit union collapse: a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings

atrophy collapse: any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use); a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse; undergo atrophy; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy"

vested interest collapse: groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit; (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another

measurement collapse: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"

migraine collapse: a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men

territory collapse: an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory"; the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

continuum collapse: a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct of distinguishable from adjacent parts

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