Definition of borrow

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Borrow (v. t.) 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.

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Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another..
Replace :: Replace (v. t.) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed..
Lend :: Lend (v. t.) To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow..
Unborrowed :: Unborrowed (a.) Not borrowed; being one's own; native; original.
Terza Rima :: Terza rima () A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours..
Succoteague :: Succotash (n.) Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians.
Use :: Use (v. t.) The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
Borwe :: Borwe (n.) Pledge; borrow.
Borrowing :: Borrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Borro.
Borrower :: Borrower (n.) One who borrows.
Borrow :: Borrow (n.) Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch..
Usury :: Usury (v. t.) Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.
Desume :: Desume (v. t.) To select; to borrow.
Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To receive; to take; to derive.
Mutuary :: Mutuary (n.) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars..
Borrow :: Borrow (n.) The act of borrowing.
Ombre :: Ombre (n.) A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons..
Latinize :: Latinize (v. i.) To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin.
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