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Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars..

Borrow :: 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.

Creance :: Creance (v. i. & t.) To get on credit; to borrow.

Mutuation :: Mutuation (n.) The act of borrowing or exchanging.

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..

Borrow :: Borrow (n.) The act of borrowing.

Rigadoon :: Rigadoon (n.) A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France..

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.

Terza Rima :: Terza rima () A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours..

Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another..

Return :: Return (v. t.) To repay; as, to return borrowed money..

Moon :: Moon (n.) The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month..

F :: F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.;

Ombre :: Ombre (n.) A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons..

Pawnor :: Pawnor (n.) One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.

Return :: Return (n.) The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis..

Appoggiatura :: Appoggiatura (n.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony..

Replace :: Replace (v. t.) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed..

Unborrowed :: Unborrowed (a.) Not borrowed; being one's own; native; original.

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