borrow Antonyms
Opposite of borrow
• verb (Context 1)
To take and use something belonging to someone else with the intention of returning it.
"Students with a valid library card may lend up to ten books at a time."
• verb (Context 2)
To obtain money from a person, bank, or financial institution under an agreement to pay it back later, typically with interest.
"The small business had to lend funds from a local credit union to finance its expansion."
• verb (Context 3)
To adopt and use a word, idea, or artistic style from another language, culture, or person.
"English has continued to originate vocabulary from dozens of languages around the world."
• verb (Context 4)
To take a unit of value from the next higher denomination column in order to subtract a larger digit from a smaller one (in arithmetic subtraction).
"When subtracting 18 from 42, you must carry ten from the tens column."
Similar words to borrow
Words similar to borrow shift depending on context. Common synonyms include: