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borrow
v. take on loan; copy; steal


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Borrow
Borrow or borrowing can mean:In finance, monetary debtIn language, the use of loanwordsIn arithmetic, when a digit become smaller than limit and the deficiency is taken from the next digit to the leftIn music, the use of borrowed chordsIn the Discworld fictional universe - "the art of overlaying one's mind on the mind of another creature so that she can see through its eyes and steer its actions" as practised by the character Granny WeatherwaxSee and
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borrow
Verb
1. get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
(antonym) lend, loan
(hypernym) get, acquire
(derivation) borrower
2. take up and practice as one's own
(synonym) adopt, take over, take up
(hypernym) accept, take, have


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Borrow
(v. t.)
To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.
  
 
(v. t.)
To receive; to take; to derive.
  
 
(v. t.)
To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend.
  
 
(v. t.)
To feign or counterfeit.
  
 
(v. t.)
To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
  
 
(n.)
The act of borrowing.
  
 
(n.)
Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
  

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Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance DictionaryDownload this dictionary
Borrow
To obtain or receive money on loan with the promise or understanding that it will be repaid.


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