borrowing
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English
Definitions
verb
- To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
- To take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time.
- To adopt (an idea) as one's own.“to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another”
- To adopt a word from another language.
noun
- An instance of something being borrowed.
- A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
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Synonyms
adoptuseadoptionloaningloanerlendingdebtorreceivabledebtfundingindebtednessmortgageloanobligorlenderbondfinancialfinancing