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The number that turns your effort into either a rocket or a rounding error.
means A factor you multiply by — the number that scales something else up or down.
from From Latin multiplicare, 'to multiply,' itself built from multi- ('many') and plicare ('to fold'). So at its root, multiplying is just folding something many times over — the same gesture that turns a flat sheet of paper into a thick, towering stack.
- economics meaning
- one dollar spent can echo into several dollars of activity
- fiscal debate
- economists argue for decades over its exact size
- leverage logic
- small input, scaled output, same principle behind debt and fame
- dark side
- works just as well multiplying losses as gains