borrowing
borrowing Lexical Profile
borrowing Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The act or practice of taking and using money or an item that belongs to someone else with the intention of returning or repaying it.
"The central bank raised interest rates to curb excessive government and household borrowing."
A sum of money obtained as a loan by an individual, company, or government (usually used in the plural).
"The corporation used its short-term borrowings to finance the construction of a new manufacturing plant."
A word, idea, custom, or artistic motif adopted from another language, culture, or author.
"Modern English vocabulary contains thousands of lexical borrowings from Norman French and Latin."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English borwynge, derived from the Old English verb borgian ('to lend or borrow against security'), combined with the noun-forming suffix -ing.