borrow

/ˈbɔɹoʊ/ · noun

Meaning

Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
A borrow pit.
In the Rust programming language, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.
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 adopt a word from another language.
In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
(Upper Midwestern United States) To lend.
A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
A surety; someone standing bail.

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