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Noun
/ˈbärō-iNG/,/ˈbôr-/,
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borrowings, plural;
  1. The action of borrowing something
    • - the borrowing of clothes
  2. The action of taking and using money from a bank under an agreement to pay it back later
    • - a curb on government borrowing
    • - the group had total borrowings of $570 million
  3. A word, idea, or method taken from another source and used in one's own language or work
    • - a hard-bop musician with some borrowings from free jazz
  1. the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
  2. obtaining funds from a lender
  3. (borrow) get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
  4. (borrow) adopt: take up and practice as one's own
  5. (borrower) someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
  6. A loanword (or loan word) is a word borrowed from one language and incorporated into another.
  7. (Borrowers) A loan is a type of debt. Like all debt instruments, a loan entails the redistribution of financial assets over time, between the and the .
  8. (The Borrower) The Borrower is a 1991 science fiction / horror film directed by John McNaughton. It's a B-movie about an alien serial killer, who is sent to Earth to live among humans as a form of penalty. It stars Rae Dawn Chong (daughter of actor/musician Tommy Chong) and Antonio Fargas.
  9. (The Borrowers) The Borrowers is a series of children's fantasy novels by Mary Norton about tiny people who live in the homes of big people and "borrow" things to survive while keeping their existence unknown. ...
  10. (The Borrowers (TV miniseries)) The Borrowers is a BBC TV miniseries first broadcast in 1992 on BBC2 and then later on American television station TNT. ...
  11. An instance of borrowing something; A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword
  12. (borrow) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant; To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it; To adopt (an idea) as one's own; To adopt a word from another language; In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend ...
  13. (borrower) One who borrows
  14. (Borrowings) Bank overdrafts, loans and bonds issued in sterling and other major currencies with maturity dates between 2012 and 2033.
  15. (Borrowings) This is a term used by share market analysts to refer to a company's long-term indebtedness. It excludes those current liabilities, but which arise as the result of normal business practice.
  16. (Borrowings) When commercial banks receive something of value from the RBI against refinance schemes, like general refinance, and export credit refinance.
  17. (Borrowings) contracts entered into for the use of money such as certificates of indebtedness (bonds), notes and loans payable. [Source: Receiver General Manual, chapter 18]
  18. (borrowings) (in  English language: Vocabulary; in  English language: Middle English )
  19. (borrow) The amount of curve you must allow for a putt on a sloping green. Or what you need to do if you play a hustler.
  20. (Borrow) Material excavated from one area to be used as fill material in another area. The constractor will use borrow material for the stability berms at all four dams.
  21. (borrow) To check out or charge out library materials.
  22. (Borrow) How much you have to aim right or left when putting to allow for the slope of the green to bring the ball back to the hole.
  23. (Borrow) The amount of break a player allows for when hitting a breaking putt. (One of the confusing factors for young players at Augusta National is learning how much they have to borrow on their putts).
  24. (BORROW) Fill material which is required for on-site construction and is obtained from other locations. (EROSION CONTROL)
  25. (BORROW) To dream that you borrow or lend something signifies sorrow of a domestic nature, but if you return the loan or are repaid this indicates only a temporary upset. See Money.