alavancagem

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From alavancar +‎ -agem. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧la‧van‧ca‧gem === Noun === alavancagem f (plural alavancagens) leverage (force compounded by means of a lever) (figurative) boost (help in improving something) (finance) leverage (the use of borrowed funds) === Further reading === “alavancagem”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alavancagem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026