borrower
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bor·row
(bŏr′ō, bôr′ō)v. bor·rowed, bor·row·ing, bor·rows
v.tr.
1. To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent.
2. To adopt or use as one's own: I borrowed your good idea.
3. In subtraction, to take a unit from the next larger denomination in the minuend so as to make a number larger than the number to be subtracted.
4. Linguistics To adopt (a word) from one language for use in another.
v.intr.
Idiom: 1. To borrow something.
2. Linguistics To adopt words from one language for use in another.
borrow trouble
To take an unnecessary action that will probably engender adverse effects.
bor′row·er n.
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Noun | 1. | borrower - someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent freeloader - someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others |
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Translations
مُقترض، مُستعير
vypůjčovatel
låner
kölcsönkérõ
lántakandi
kto si požičiava
sposojevalec
ödünç/borç alan kimse
borrower
[ˈbɒrəʊəʳ] N2. (in library) → usuario/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
borrower
[ˈbɒrəʊər] n → emprunteur/euse m/fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
borrower
n → Entleiher(in) m(f); (of capital, loan etc) → Kreditnehmer(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
borrow
(ˈborəu) verb to take (something, often money) temporarily with the intention of returning it. He borrowed a book from the library.
ˈborrower nounˈborrowing noun
borrow from: I borrow money from a friend .
lend to: My friend lends money to me / My friend lends me money .
lend to: My friend lends money to me / My friend lends me money .
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