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borrowing

UK
/ˈbɒrəʊɪŋ/
US
/ˈbɑːroʊɪŋ/

Translations

borrowingnoun
borrowings
pl
UK
/ˈbɒrəʊɪŋ/
US
/ˈbɔroʊɪŋ/
empruntFinance.
The company increased its borrowing to finance the new project.
L'entreprise a augmenté son emprunt pour financer le nouveau projet.
The borrowing of books from the library is a common practice among students.
L'emprunt de livres à la bibliothèque est une pratique courante chez les étudiants.
empruntLinguistique.
The English language has many borrowings from French.
La langue anglaise comporte de nombreux emprunts au français.
Synonyms
mortgage
lending
lease
credit
advance
debt
loan
acquisition
borrowinggerund / present participle
UK
/ˈbɒr.əʊ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈbɔːr.oʊ.ɪŋ/
Used attributively to describe matters relating to the act or cost of borrowing.
d'empruntSurtout en finance.
The firm reduced its borrowing expenses by refinancing.
L'entreprise a réduit ses frais d'emprunt en refinançant.
borrowverb

borrowing

Gerund

borrowed
Past Simple
borrowed
Past Participle
borrowing
Gerund
UK
/ˈbɒrəʊ/
US
/ˈbɑːroʊ/
She decided to borrow a book from the library for her research.
Elle a décidé d’emprunter un livre à la bibliothèque pour ses recherches.
Additional translations
emprunterSens figuré : adopter un mot, une idée ou une pratique d’une autre langue ou d’une autre source.
Synonyms
take
lease
loan
acquire
obtain
procure
secure
rent
Antonyms
lend

Definitions

borrowingnoun
The act of receiving something from someone temporarily with the intention of returning it.
The borrowing of books from the library is a common practice among students.
A sum of money that is borrowed, especially from a bank or financial institution.
The company increased its borrowing to finance the new project.
The adoption of words, ideas, or customs from another language or culture.
The English language has many borrowings from French.
borrowinggerund / present participle
Relating to, involving, or used for borrowing, especially of money.
The firm reduced its borrowing expenses by refinancing.
borrowverb
To take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it.
She decided to borrow a book from the library for her research.
To adopt or take over (an idea, practice, or word) from another source.
The English language has borrowed many words from Latin.
To take money from a person or financial institution with the agreement to pay it back later.
He had to borrow money from the bank to buy a new car.
(Arithmetic) To take one unit from the next higher place value in order to perform a subtraction operation.
When subtracting 47 from 123, you borrow 1 from the tens column.
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