杠杆

lever / pry bar / crowbar / financial leverage

flagpole / footbridge

variant of 槓|杠[gang4]

coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion

pole / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]

stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns

deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)

financial leverage / leveraging (i.e. buying shares on borrowed funds)

(finance) leverage / gearing

leveraged buyout (LBO)