borrowing
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borrowing
- /ˈbɔrəwɪŋ/
Where it comes from
From borrow + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of borrow She is borrowing my pen.
- Shoplifting.
noun borrowings
- An instance of something being borrowed. January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City […]
- A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword. Whilst you would be forgiven for thinking this statement comes straight from the latest UKIP manifesto, it is in fact a quotation from The Anglish Moot, a fan-page promoting the use of the 'Anglish' language — that is, English with all foreign borrowings stripped away.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: adoption, loaning, loaner, lending, debtor, receivable, debt, funding, indebtedness, mortgage, loan, obligor, lender, bond, financial, financing
Talk about this word "borrowing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/borrowing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. borrowing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/borrowing "borrowing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/borrowing.Cite this
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title = {borrowing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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