Any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.
The debt-to-equity ratio.
The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high-capacity utilization of a facility.
A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.
To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
Power, might or potency.
Often Puissance: the high-jump component of the sport of show jumping.