What does borrowing mean?

Definitions for borrowing
ˈbɒr oʊ ɪŋ, ˈbɔr-bor·row·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word borrowing.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. borrowing, adoptionnoun

    the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

    "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

  2. borrowingnoun

    obtaining funds from a lender

Wiktionary

  1. borrowingnoun

    An instance of borrowing something.

  2. borrowingnoun

    A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.

ChatGPT

  1. borrowing

    Borrowing is the act of receiving something from another party, often a financial institution, with the intention or agreement to return it or pay it back at a later date, usually with interest. Borrowing can also refer to the act of taking or adopting concepts, ideas, words, or cultural practices from another group, community, or language.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Borrowing

    of Borrow

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'borrowing' in Nouns Frequency: #2520

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of borrowing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of borrowing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of borrowing in a Sentence

  1. Ric Spooner:

    News of China’ rate cut should help buyer mood this morning, compensating for a weak lead from the US market, however, while news of lower borrowing costs will help support equity valuations and be seen as a positive for commodity demand, market response may be limited. In some senses this rate cut is a technical response to the fact that lower inflation is making real borrowing costs more expensive in China.

  2. Su Aik Lim:

    The impact on property will be limited because for developers, funding access is more critical than borrowing cost, even if interest cost falls, access to borrowing is poor, so weak developers still cannot avoid a liquidity crisis when their sales slow.

  3. Ric Spooner:

    However, while news of lower borrowing costs will help support equity valuations and be seen as a positive for commodity demand, market response may be limited. In some senses this rate cut is a technical response to the fact that lower inflation is making real borrowing costs more expensive in China.

  4. Joe Moore:

    Before borrowing money from a friend it's best to decide which you need most.

  5. William Shakespeare:

    Neither a borrower nor a lender be For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

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