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borrowing Definition

bor·row·ing (-iŋ)

noun

loanword

borrowing Synonyms

borrowing

n.

renting, hiring, accepting a loan, financing, assuming, taking, adopting, appropriating, imitating, plagiarizing, utilizing, importing, bumming*, cadging*, mooching*, freeloading*; see also using.

Antonyms loan*, loaning, pawning.

borrowing Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • £100,000: This mortgage is available for borrowing of £100,000 or more and for LTV's of up to 90 % .

Converse of object

  • repay: In the short term the proceeds will be used to repay borrowings within the Group.

Adjective modifier

  • prudential: Any new projects should be paid for by prudential borrowing ).
  • unsecured: Increasing numbers of young people are failing to stay on top of their unsecured borrowings.
  • lexical: There have been many lexical borrowings from Native Indian words although some have been adapted.
  • secured: And converting debt into secured borrowing, such as a mortgage, puts the property at risk if the borrower defaults.
  • net: Interest The interest charge for the year of £ 4.1 million reflects the reduction in net borrowings through the year.
  • short-term: There were also £ 301 million short-term commercial paper borrowings, all sterling denominated.

Modifies a noun

  • privilege: Borrowing privileges are available for an annual charge of £ 50.
  • entitlement: Borrowing entitlements The Standard Loan period is four weeks, with two renewals permitted provided the book has not been reserved.
  • money: Borrowing money, from a bank or from an LLC member.
  • limit: In addition, each division operates within annual borrowing limits.
  • approval: The report will change the borrowing approval to a direct grant to local authorities.
  • cost: A free quote arranged by Chance for loans will enable you to know how much will be the borrowing cost.

Noun used with modifier

  • vacation: Vacation borrowing starts on the Monday of the final week of Full Term.
  • currency: No foreign currency borrowing has received exchange cover since 1987 and none is planned.
  • mortgage: Mortgage borrowing reached a 10-year high in March, according to the latest figures released by the Bank of England.
  • bank: As a prelude to exit and to pay off bank borrowings we decided to float on the Stock Exchange.
  • consumer: Consumer borrowing rose at an annual rate of 5.7 % in June, up from a 3.3 % increase in May.
  • government: Government borrowing is £ 100 million higher than forecast only a month ago.
borrowing Quotes

Be not made a beggar by banqueting upon borrowing, when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt lie in wait for thine own life, and be talked on.

—Bible (Apocrypha)

Among my friends love is a payment. It is an old debt for a borrowing foolishly spent.

—Dunbar,William