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Soheil1 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Leverage

Hi.
What does leverage mean in:

This paper attempts to propose a security solution to a number of challenges in a cloud environment,which leverages clients from the security burden, by trusting a Third Party.
?Thanks in advance
  

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The word is misused. They mean "relieves" or something equivalent.

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  • The word is misused.
  • They mean "relieves" or something equivalent.
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The word is misused. They mean "relieves" or something equivalent.
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It is unusual in that use, but I suspect that it is another neologism arising, with the meaning that AS attributes to it.
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Indeed! "Buzz words" too often hatch dastardly neologisms.
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