| 1. action of a lever; mechanical power supplied by a lever; influence, ability to affect or alter people or circumstances; use of borrowed money to increase the return on an investment. use one's influence to affect people or circumstances; increase the return on an investment by using borrowed money. leveragelever*age (l&ebreve;v&etilde;r*&asl;j or lēv&etilde;r*&asl;j), n. the action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.leverage of a couple (mech.), the perpendicular distance between the lines of action of two forces which act in parallel and opposite directions.leverage of a force, the perpendicular distance from the line in which a force acts upon a body to a point about which the body may be supposed to turn |