different between anchorage vs leverage

English

Etymology

anchor +? -age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?k???d?/

Noun

anchorage (countable and uncountable, plural anchorages)

1. (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge..
2. (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

3. That into which something is anchored or fastened.

   the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge

4. (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
5. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
   • 1866, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 66, lines 1001–1002

     And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these
     Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage.

6. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
7. The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
8. (figuratively) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

Coordinate terms

• (fee for anchoring): cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, tonnage, wharfage

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English

Etymology

lever +? -age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?v(?)??d?/, /?li?v(?)??d?/

Noun

leverage (usually uncountable, plural leverages)

1. A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
2. By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.
3. (finance) 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.

   Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts.
4. (business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high capacity utilization of a facility.

   Their variable-cost-reducing investments have dramatically increased their leverage.

Synonyms

• (force compounded by a lever): mechanical advantage
• (use of borrowed fund): gearing
• (ability to earn high returns from high capacity utilization): operating leverage

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Verb

leverage (third-person singular simple present leverages, present participle leveraging, simple past and past participle leveraged)

1. (transitive, chiefly US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).

Synonyms

• (take full advantage of): exploit, use

Derived terms

• leveraged buyout

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