FULCRUM


Meaning of FULCRUM in English

If you say that someone or something is the ~ of an activity or situation, you mean that they have a very important effect on what happens. (FORMAL)

The decision is the strategic ~ of the Budget.

= pivot

N-SING: oft N of n

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