Definition of Borrow

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Borrow

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.

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.

To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.

To feign or counterfeit.

To receive; to take; to derive.

Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.

The act of borrowing.

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Borrow Quotations

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
Benjamin Franklin

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
George Washington

I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, "What for?" I said, "I'm going to buy some sugar."
Steven Wright

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.
Lee Iacocca

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
Woodrow Wilson

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.
Rudyard Kipling

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
Booker T. Washington

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
Indira Gandhi

When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.
Ron Paul

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Ambrose Bierce

Borrow Translations

borrow in Afrikaans is leen
borrow in Dutch is lenen
borrow in Finnish is lainata
borrow in German is leihen, borgen, entlehnen, borge
borrow in Italian is farsi prestare
borrow in Spanish is tomar prestado

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