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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
lever
/ˈliː.vɚ/
noun1 of 2
a handle that one pulls to operate a machine
- “They lifted the rock by means of a lever.”Tatoeba
- “The machine gives a food reward when your rat presses a lever.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)