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Leverage

Cliché Strategy Buzzword General

To use something for advantage. Corporate's favorite verb; anything can be leveraged — assets, relationships, learnings, tragedy. The word 'use' survives on a technicality.

Heard in the wild

“Let's leverage the existing vendor relationship to speed up procurement.”

Tone check: Cliché

In finance, a precise term about debt. Everywhere else, say 'use' and reclaim four syllables of your life.

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