What part of speech is leverage?

Leverage can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

Parts of speech

1. leverage is a verb, present, 1st person singular of leverage (infinitive).
2. leverage is a verb (infinitive).
3. leverage is a noun, singular of leverages.

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

#		Sentence
1.	noun	Relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage.
2.	noun	These sums give these countries enormous leverage over the United States.
3.	noun	It just gives you a little leverage and curb pressure.
4.	noun	Leverage is to debt as lever is to what?
5.	noun	What we need is leverage.
6.	noun	What I need is leverage.
7.	noun	Sami has a certain leverage.
8.	noun	Apply some leverage!
9.	noun	He has leverage.
10.	noun	He still needs her because she has leverage.
11.	noun	He has so much leverage.
12.	noun	The houses become a way for average Americans to get financial leverage, which can multiply their returns. There's no other way for Americans to get access to financial leverage outside of houses. You can't do it in the stock market if you’re just a normal person, and so this is a way to basically speculate in housing.
13.	noun	Tom used what John told him as leverage.
14.	noun	Leverage your strengths.
15.	noun	We need leverage if we're going to lift this.
16.	verb	We need to leverage this company.
17.	verb	Leverage the money that is already available.
18.	verb	Jean and Thane, I think that we need a FORMAL PLAN on what to do over the next 3 - 6 months to leverage this situation.

Sentence
noun
Relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage.
These sums give these countries enormous leverage over the United States.
It just gives you a little leverage and curb pressure.
Leverage is to debt as lever is to what?
What we need is leverage.
What I need is leverage.
Sami has a certain leverage.
Apply some leverage!
He has leverage.
He still needs her because she has leverage.
He has so much leverage.
The houses become a way for average Americans to get financial leverage, which can multiply their returns. There's no other way for Americans to get access to financial leverage outside of houses. You can't do it in the stock market if you’re just a normal person, and so this is a way to basically speculate in housing.
Tom used what John told him as leverage.
Leverage your strengths.
We need leverage if we're going to lift this.
verb
We need to leverage this company.
Leverage the money that is already available.
Jean and Thane, I think that we need a FORMAL PLAN on what to do over the next 3 - 6 months to leverage this situation.

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