Could you give me more reference on the way it is used I would appreciate it.

Carolina, en realidad depende de la frase y el contexto, sería bueno contar con más datos para ayudarte. Igual te mando estas palabras que las da el DETT por si te sirven. Cecilia

Again, it's all down to context. Of course, there is the term from Engineering "leverage" = un apalancamiento, apalancar=lever up, move up with a crowbar., but in Business & Finance too. However, after doing a search on Yahoo & Altavista, one finds that this magical word seems to applied to everything from technology to the US Lotto!: http://www.winninglotto.com/ (see below). Basically, what all these authors seem to referring to when they employ leverage is is the "pulling power", as in the term political leverage. Bearing this in mind, I would agree with cbenitez and translate the term as "fuerza, poder, ventaja, influencia".

Hope it helps!

ver esta frase sacada del Interet :

How To Leverage Progress WebSpeed As An ASP Offering: Breakout
Título: Cómo habilitar Progress WebSpeed como oferta de ASP Nivel de dificultad técnico:
Principiante Duración: 60 minutos; dos sesiones Presentador: Richard Kuzyk,...
www.progress.com/exchange/sandiego/spanish/b7.htm -

Apalancamiento, no suena demasiado bien pero en Bus/Fin. se usa muchisimo. Quizas puedas jugar con propiciar como verbo o sino usar las otras alternativas que propusieron nuestros colegas.

Depende del contexto

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