Noun : Being the only industry in town gave the company considerable leverage in its union negotiations.    From Dictionary.com. 

Financial-aid leveraging is the enrollment manager's secret weapon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best Class Money Can Buy] Reference

We believe in leveraging our capabilities in the following ways to assist your company's growth in the Chinese market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Products directly from China at factory prices] Reference

They have led the way in leveraging the information they gather; information that is submitted for free from its users, of course.    From Wordnik.com.  [Email and Blog Marketing on No Budget] Reference

Instead of just using e-mail and instant messaging, companies will begin leveraging social networking-like capabilities to collaborate with their colleagues.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Computers Stare Back] Reference

Part of the answer is "leveraging" -- using a limited amount of cash to buy a much larger position in an investment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

Those 2005-2007 supporters of MF seemed to love the idea of leveraging their home equity to invest in real estate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comments for Mighty Bargain Hunter] Reference

So a re-leveraging or in other words, higher utilization rates on existing facilities can contribute to loan growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [SVB Financial CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha] Reference

Yes, there is to be sure a technical issue in the crisis: it's called leveraging and it is a the very foundation of the banking system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Benjamin R. Barber: The Fiscal Meltdown Reveals the Democratic Deficit] Reference

I think the second part of your question, I think John already touched on it is the notion of leveraging properties within the portfolio.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Central to this forecast is my expectation that household de-leveraging, which is now underway on both sides of the Atlantic, has much further to run.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alpha.Sources] Reference

Believes in public-private "leveraging" instead of big bureaucracies.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Voter's Guide To The Issues] Reference

Alexander stresses the NEA's role in "leveraging" money from the private sector.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington's Works Of Art] Reference

Once we realize how limited our power is, we know where our strategy should focus on, i.e., "leveraging".    From Wordnik.com.  [Perturbation theory, diversion vs dam-building] Reference

So, you know, she's kind of leveraging one off the other and she could, you know, make out pretty well for this whole situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2008] Reference

To make things worse, some of the regulations designed to stop that kind of leveraging have loopholes in the form of bank swaps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are Conservation Groups Subverting Action on Global Warming? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

I chose not to go into higher methodology because I didn’t enjoy it and I like the idea of leveraging my comparative advantage in the legal field.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Do Law Schools Seek “Exciting” and “Diverse” Students?] Reference

The fund may use enhanced investment techniques such as leveraging and derivatives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Some of this benefit such as leveraging insurance cost is realized immediately and is included in our outlook.    From Wordnik.com.  [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator (real estate blogs)] Reference

One final expense, kind of leveraging, I think, off of one of the previous questions about compensation expense.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Secondly, there is a worry about Google "leveraging" it's economic might to demand hardware requirements for the new OS.    From Wordnik.com.  [ZDNet UK Highlights] Reference

In Japan, there is considerable relief that regulators didn't allow the kind of leveraging that tanked U.S. investment banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference

When asset prices began to fall in value, the "leveraging" process across the entire economy shifted to a "deleveraging" process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Safehaven] Reference

That's Wall Street Math for taking a dollar investment, chopping it up, and "leveraging" it (borrowing on its value) multiple times-for the same dollar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indybay newswire] Reference

In excerpts of testimony Romer plans to give to Congress 'Joint Economic Committee, she says government spending is "leveraging" and encouraging private investment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News] Reference

Those who toss things outside of the firewall onto the platforms of the clouds without architectural context, such as leveraging SOA, will find themselves in trouble.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News from JAVA Developer's Journal] Reference

They did exactly what their financial advisors suggested in "leveraging" their home equity, NOT as an "ATM machine" but as an "investment vehicle" for retirement preparation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fool.com: The Motley Fool] Reference

"As a web and mobile app developer, I was attracted to the idea of leveraging our web development skills to build natively running applications on the iPhone, Blackberry, Symbian.    From Wordnik.com.  [SymbianOne - Watching the Symbian ecosystem] Reference

So much for the notion of leveraging power.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2005] Reference

(doing more with less), not, as some too often presently do, in "leveraging" more billable resources per matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Law.com - Newswire] Reference

"We're leveraging off the historical interest," he admits freely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turning History Into Tourism] Reference

"" This isn't a company leveraging the personality of a superstar.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Touch Of Magic] Reference

By leveraging what critics contend is an unfair competitive advantage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Up For Big Brother] Reference

Palin and her handlers are clearly not averse to leveraging her physical appeal.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘How Do You Solve A Problem Like Sarah?’] Reference

There's a lot of talk in the nonprofit world of moving "to scale" or "leveraging" growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between The Lines Online: A Failing Grade] Reference

TCL has been leveraging its profits and market-leader position at home to either buy or partner with Western brands.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE BUY SIDE] Reference

This is what economists call "de-leveraging": In economic terms our "savings" go up because our borrowing goes down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Savings and Moan] Reference

"The leveraging of the science is good, the ideas are good, but it's not a substitute for the large number of workers involved.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plowshare Problem] Reference

A big part of public leadership, the president argues, is promoting private leadership -- leveraging the prestige of the office.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stealth Campaign] Reference

The Microsoft case, he says, should clarify rules about leveraging up from one software market to another and hobbling competitors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Feds' Case Against Bill Gates] Reference