What does borrowing mean?
Definitions for borrowing
ˈbɒr oʊ ɪŋ, ˈbɔr-bor·row·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
borrowing, adoption(noun)
the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
"the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
borrowing(noun)
obtaining funds from a lender
Wiktionary
borrowing(Noun)
An instance of borrowing something.
borrowing(Noun)
A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
Webster Dictionary
Borrowing
of Borrow
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'borrowing' in Nouns Frequency: #2520
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of borrowing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of borrowing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of borrowing in a Sentence
It is a poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, inventions and actions of others.
Britain still spends too much, borrows too much, you only have to look at the crisis unfolding in Greece as I speak, to realise that if a country's not in control of its borrowing, the borrowing takes control of the country.
Around 120 billion yuan is not enough?but if leverage (more borrowing) is used?it could expand to over 500 billion yuan and that may have some effect.
The president was being urged by one member of the crowd to preach, he seemingly tried to at one point — borrowing almost a Richard Pryor delivery to deliver the degree of his disgust and disdain for the other side, the comments clearly aimed at Donald Trump.
This was virtually the perfect decade. You had very low volatility, very low borrowing costs, and above-average market returns.
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