OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 5427

lever

/ˈliː.və/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
apalancar • palanquear
To move with a lever.
Someone found a pick and levered a burst plank out of the floor, and in a few minutes we had got a fire alight and our drenched clothes were steaming.
With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor.
ampliar capital
To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
"The equity holders want you to 'lever up,' use as much debt as you can," said David Stanley, chairman of Kansas City-based Payless Cashways,