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Borrowing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Something that is borrowed, especially a word borrowed from one language for use in another.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Present participle of borrow.

n. An instance of borrowing something.

n. A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of taking or obtaining anything on loan or at second-hand.

n. The act of taking and using as one's own.

n. The thing borrowed.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

n. obtaining funds from a lender

Word Usage

"The so-called bonds that will be used to “repay” Northern Rock's £25 billion in borrowing from the Bank of England will be guaranteed by the Treasury and will therefore be indistinguishable from any other government borrowing."

Antonym

of exchanging transfer give back ownership

Verb Form

borrowed borrowing borrows

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

acquire get have accept take

Cross Reference

adopt to borrow trouble

Form

borrowed time borrower

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

adopt receive take derive pledge

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

tomorrow

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

lend spend liquidity equity saving