Answer:

leverage

Answer	Crossword Clue
LEVERAGE	Credit-based investment
LEVERAGE	Influence
LEVERAGE	Investor's advantage

LEVERAGE	Mechanical advantage.
LEVERAGE	Archimedes asked for it.
LEVERAGE	Increased power of action.
LEVERAGE	Means of using greater force.
LEVERAGE	Power; effectiveness.
LEVERAGE	Lifting power.
LEVERAGE	Effectiveness
LEVERAGE	Means of using greater force

LEVERAGE	Mechanical advantage
LEVERAGE	Speculate, as with borrowed funds
LEVERAGE	Borrowing as a financial tool
LEVERAGE	Power to influence people or things