- borrow from
- phr verbBorrow from is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bank
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Borrow — To obtain or receive money on loan with the promise or understanding that it will be repaid. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * borrow bor‧row [ˈbɒrəʊ ǁ ˈbɑːroʊ, ˈbɔː ] verb [intransitive, transitive] to receive money from a person or… … Financial and business terms
borrow — To obtain or receive money on loan with the promise or understanding that it will be repaid. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * borrow bor‧row [ˈbɒrəʊ ǁ ˈbɑːroʊ, ˈbɔː ] verb [intransitive, transitive] to receive money from a person or… … Financial and business terms
borrow — 01. If you need to [borrow] any money, just let me know, and I ll help you out. 02. I don t want to [borrow] money from the bank to buy a car; I d rather pay for it in cash, all at once. 03. English [borrows] a lot of words from other languages.… … Grammatical examples in English
borrow — bor|row W3S2 [ˈbɔrəu US ˈba:rou, ˈbo: ] v [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: borgian] 1.) to use something that belongs to someone else and that you must give back to them later →↑lend, loan ↑loan ▪ Can I borrow your pen for a minute? borrow sth… … Dictionary of contemporary English
borrow — [[t]bɒ̱roʊ[/t]] ♦♦♦ borrows, borrowing, borrowed 1) VERB If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission. [V n] Can I borrow a pen please?... [V n] He wouldn t let me … English dictionary
borrow — v. 1) (D; intr., tr.) to borrow from (she borrowed a book from me; they are always borrowing from us) 2) (D; tr.) to borrow from; into (the word was borrowed from English into German) * * * [ bɒrəʊ] into (the word was borrowed from English into… … Combinatory dictionary
borrow — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To receive temporarily] Syn. accept the loan of, obtain the use of, negotiate a loan for, get a loan, go into debt, get temporary use of, use, pledge, rent, hire, acquire, obtain, give a note for, raise money, touch up for* … English dictionary for students
Borrow — Bor row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Borrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Borrowing}.] [OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS. beorgan to protect. ?95. See 1st {Borough}.] 1. To receive from another as a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Borrow — or borrowing can mean: to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. *In finance, monetary debt *In language, the use of loanwords *In arithmetic, when a digit become smaller than limit and the deficiency is taken from … Wikipedia
borrow — [bär′ō, bôr′ō] vt., vi. [ME borwen < OE borgian, to borrow, lend, be surety for, akin to beorgan, to protect & BOROUGH] 1. to take or receive (something) with the understanding that one will return it or an equivalent 2. to adopt or take over… … English World dictionary
