Interest and Leverage

Interest

Interest noun - A legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something.

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Leverage and interest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Leverage" instead a noun "Interest".

Leverage noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.

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Interest and leverage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interest" instead a noun "Leverage".

Nearby Words: lever, levered, leveraged, leveraging

good	good interest	good leverage
best	best interest	best leverage
future	future interest	future leverage
popular	popular interest	popular leverage
Other adjectives: actual, real, little, new, possible, temporary, less, significant, greater, primary, previous.

In Madam Secretary, title character Elizabeth McCord often appeals to enlightened self-interest as leverage to achieve policy goals that for her are altruistic.

Source: Enlightened Self-Interest
An episode of Leverage has the heroes trick the mark into signing controlling interest of their family business by claiming it's a contract for a business deal.

Source: Tricked Into Signing
Enlightened Self-Interest: Liz often appeals to Enlightened Self-Interest as leverage to achieve policy goals that for her are altruistic.

Source: Series / Madam Secretary

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