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borrow
1[ bor-oh, bawr-oh ]
verb (used with object)
- to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent:
Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
- to use, appropriate, or introduce from another source or from a foreign source:
to borrow an idea from the opposition;
to borrow a word from French.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- Arithmetic. (in subtraction) to take from one denomination and add to the next lower.
verb (used without object)
- to borrow something:
Don't borrow unless you intend to repay.
- Nautical.
- to sail close to the wind; luff.
- to sail close to the shore.
- Golf. to putt on other than a direct line from the lie of the ball to the hole, to compensate for the incline or roll of the green.
Borrow
2[ bor-oh, bawr-oh ]
noun
- George, 1803–81, English traveler, writer, and student of languages, especially Romani.
borrow
1/ ˈɒəʊ /
verb
- to obtain or receive (something, such as money) on loan for temporary use, intending to give it, or something equivalent or identical, back to the lender
- to adopt (ideas, words, etc) from another source; appropriate
- not_standard.to lend
- golf to putt the ball uphill of the direct path to the hole
- intr golf (of a ball) to deviate from a straight path because of the slope of the ground
noun
- golf a deviation of a ball from a straight path because of the slope of the ground
a left borrow
- material dug from a borrow pit to provide fill at another
- living on borrowed time
- living an unexpected extension of life
- close to death
Borrow
2/ ˈɒəʊ /
noun
- BorrowGeorge (Henry)18031881MEnglishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: travellerWRITING: writer George ( Henry ). 1803–81, English traveller and writer. His best-known works are the semiautobiographical novels of Gypsy life and language, Lavengro (1851) and its sequel The Romany Rye (1857)
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈǰǷɱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ǰ۴Ƿ·· adjective
- ǰ۴Ƿ· noun
- ԴDz·ǰ۴Ƿɱ adjective
- non·ǰ۴Ƿ· noun
- v·ǰ۴Ƿ verb
- ܲ·ǰ۴Ƿɱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of borrow1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of borrow1
Idioms and Phrases
- borrow trouble, to do something that is unnecessary and may cause future harm or inconvenience.
More idioms and phrases containing borrow
In addition to the idiom beginning with borrow , also see beg, borrow, or steal ; on borrowed time .Example Sentences
City analysts said the funds for the pre-design and technical work aren’t coming from the city’s general fund but are being borrowed, with the cost included in the overall price tag for the renovation.
Those are usually seen as safe investments in times of strife but there has been signs of heavy-selling, which could lead to higher borrowing costs for governments.
While the rate is the same level as a couple of months ago, the interest rates for US borrowing over 10 years has spiked sharply in the past couple of days up from 3.9%.
Economists have warned US tariffs could knock the UK's economy off course and make it harder for the government to hit its borrowing rules.
The repo rate is the level at which the central bank lends to commercial banks, influencing borrowing costs.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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