Word Finder - borrowing

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To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

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To take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time.

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To adopt (an idea) as one's own.

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to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another

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To adopt a word from another language.

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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.

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(Upper Midwestern United States) To lend.

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To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).

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To feign or counterfeit.

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(obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison.

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To receive (something) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.

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Can I borrow a sheet of paper?

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An instance of something being borrowed.

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

Borrowing was resorted to by the government.

Such extension could be effected only by borrowing money.

The military development which sprang from the Crusades is thus largely a matter of borrowing; the financial development is independent and indigenous in the West.

The constitution of 1876 forbids the borrowing of money except to supply casual deficiencies of revenue (amount limited to $200,000 at a time), repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the state in war, or pay existing debts.

Over the years we have achieved a total return on stockholders ' funds well in excess of the annual cost of this new borrowing.

Obtaining free things for babies also sometimes comes in the form of borrowing or using hand me downs.

District councils are empowered to borrow with the sanction of the Local Government Board, subject to certain restrictions and Borrowing regulations.

At the same time he had no scruple about borrowing from predecessors or contemporaries; in fact he did so in the most open manner.

Finally, the Land Improvement Act 1864, amended and extended by the act of 1899, gave facilities for borrowing money by charging the cost of draining, &c., as a rent-charge upon the inheritance of the land.

The Republican members seceded, legislative appropriations were blocked, and Governor Morton was compelled to take the extraconstitutional step of arranging with a New York banking house for the payment of the interest on the state debt, of borrowing money for state expenditure on his own responsibility, and of constituting an unofficial financial bureau, which disbursed money in disregard of the state officers.

The songs are similar to those of the Finns, and a process of mutual borrowing seems to have gone on.

As the properly philosophic interest of scholasticism faded in the 14th and 15th centuries, the quasi-legal treatment of morality came again into prominence, borrowing a good deal of matter from Thomas and other schoolmen.

These objects could not be attained without borrowing a considerable amount of money in the European markets.

On their way they were robbed by one of their servants, and it was only by borrowing ten crowns from their other servant that they were enabled to get to Strassburg, and thence to Basel.

The aggregate amount of indebtedness which the state may have at any time is limited by the constitution to $400,000, save when borrowing is necessary to repel an invasion, suppress an insurrection or defend the state in war.

This Dalmatian port was not only the Croatian arsenal, but the seat of the kings, who here sought to enhance their dignity by borrowing the grandiose titles and elaborate procedure of the Byzantine court.

But, while the possibility of the diffusion of myths by borrowing and transmission must be allowed for, the hypothesis of the origin of myths in the savage state of the intellect supplies a ready explanation of their wide diffusion.

Therefore where similar myths are found among Greeks, Australians, Egyptians, Mangaians and others, it is unnecessary to account for their wide diffusion by any hypothesis of borrowing, early or late.

To his great chagrin he was obliged to begin borrowing again in 1672, and to have recourse to a,ffaires extraordinaires; and this brought him at last to his grave.

Borrowing would decline - and so would the risk of default, reducing the necessity for continuing bailouts.

After a huge borrowing binge in 2003, it had been pushed out to 11 June.

Borrowing more than 80% of the home's value will subject the borrowing more than 80% of the home's value will subject the borrower to private mortgage insurance.

And converting debt into secured borrowing, such as a mortgage, puts the property at risk if the borrower defaults.

No foreign currency borrowing has received exchange cover since 1987 and none is planned.

Thus borrowing whole scenes would come under this heading, and could be classed as an actionable breach of copyright.

Tony had arrived and I began the day borrowing mop, bucket and chamois and cleaning my car, which was filthy.

Also, we do have the option of hiring a car or borrowing a friend's.

A further downgrade " could increase the country's cost of borrowing " .

Nor should they obscure the costs of borrowing by making charges incomprehensible.

Notwithstanding the recent rise in bank borrowing by SMEs, the net bank indebtedness of the SME sector has continued to fall.

Meanwhile, figures from the Bank of England showed no letup in borrowing.

Stop borrowing or we'll turn really nasty " .

They are of little help to expat borrowers and are particularly obstructive to existing borrowers looking to extend their terms, or borrowing levels.

There is however a prevailing economic orthodoxy which purports to draw the safety limits of safe government borrowing.

Failure to do so will result in a 7-day suspension of overnight borrowing privileges.

It is also less selfish than borrowing your boyfriend's shaver.

A tame reading on consumer prices tomorrow may reinforce speculation the central bank will keep borrowing costs steady through the start of next year.

The economic development of Uruguay was retarded by the corruption of successive governments, by revolutionary outbreaks, by the seizure of farm stock, without adequate compensation, for the support of military forces, by the consequences of reckless borrowing and over-trading in 1889 and 1890, and also by the transference of commercial undertakings from Montevideo to Buenos Aires between 1890 and 1897, on the opening of the harbour and docks at that port.

The act further provides that if any one for the purpose of earning interest, commission, reward or other profit sends or causes to be sent to a person whom he knows to be an infant any circular or other document which invites the person receiving it to borrow money or to apply to any person or at any place with a view to obtaining information or advice as to borrowing money, he shall be liable, if convicted on indictment, to imprisonment with or without hard labour, or to a fine, or to both imprisonment and fine.

The assumption that Latin was properly the language of the Latian plain and of the Plebs at Rome, which the conquering patrician nobles learnt from their subjects, and substituted for their own kindred but different Safine idiom, renders easier to understand the borrowing of a number of words into Latin from some dialect (presumably Sabine) where the velars had been labialized; for example, the very common word bos, which in pure Latin should have been *vos.

In this case the borrowing of the Greek alphabet must long precede any Phoenician record we possess.

At one time the count thought of giving her the Ryazan estate or of selling a forest, at another time of borrowing money on a note of hand.

There has been no new non-marketable borrowing since the 1980s, and the debt is being gradually repaid under fixed amortization schedules.

It is extremely positive about the Indian government 's endeavor to restructure debt, which will bring down borrowing costs.

It is also less selfish than borrowing your boyfriend 's shaver.

The shortfall in tax revenue was supplemented by borrowing.

They live in the same road as Ska man, who 's garage I 'm borrowing to build my new trike frame in.

This is especially important if you are planning on borrowing or purchasing a used portable crib for your baby!

Ideally the parents can select the numbers and create a group before the birth and then a friend can help out after the birth by borrowing the cell phone, writing the announcement and sending out the text.

You should begin by borrowing and testing out clubs from friends or fellow golfers before buying your own set.