borrowing

Definitions

noun

1

An instance of something being borrowed.

January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City […]

2

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

Whilst you would be forgiven for thinking this statement comes straight from the latest UKIP manifesto, it is in fact a quotation from The Anglish Moot, a fan-page promoting the use of the 'Anglish' language — that is, English with all foreign borrowings stripped away.

Collocations

5

ADJ.

corporate, difficult, financial, happy, large, most, other, paying

VERB + BORROWING

like, meant, mind, prevented, regretted, remember, stop, thank

BORROWING + NOUN

banks, clothes, institutions, microscope, money, something, typewriter, words

PREP.

from, from, without

ADV.

constantly, importantly, then

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another sourc

adoption

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by v

Wiktionary

02

Whilst you would be forgiven for thinking this statement comes straight from the latest UKIP manifesto, it is in fact a quotation from The Anglish Moot, a fan-page promoting the use of the 'Anglish' l

Wiktionary

03

Is there any chance of my borrowing your typewriter?

Tatoeba · #31047

04

Do you remember borrowing his book?

Tatoeba · #69014

05

"Do you mind my borrowing your microscope?" "No, not at all."

Tatoeba · #73705

06

Those who like borrowing dislike paying.

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