borrowage

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borrowage

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From Middle English borwage, borowage, equivalent to borrow + -age. Compare borrowship.

noun borrowages

countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable Synonym of suretyship The bailies then took the position of burghal officers, and were elected by the burgesses, but they still acted as officers of the crown in giving possession, or sasine as it was called, to the several burgh holdings, or borrowages as they were termed, whenever these were transferred to purchasers,
Similar: suretyship
countable, obsolete, uncountable The act of borrowing.

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@misc{borrowage_2026,
  title = {borrowage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/borrowage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}