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Definition of borrowing : of Borrow

Synonyms:

taking, home loan, bumming, utilizing, creditworthy, accepting a loan, foreclose, freeloading, anagram, anglicism, creditworthiness, using, acceptance, compound interest, arrears, hiring, bill, assuming, adopting, archaism, financing, debit, adoption, bad debt, liability, clue, plagiarizing, creditor, cadging, balance, due, Americanism, espousal, acrostic, catch-all, borrowing power, imitating, chant, borrowings, financier, importing, extension, mooching, acceptation, debt, Arabism, debt collector

appropriating, obtaining

deducting, debiting, pledging

Usage examples:

• Now she blamed him for driving her into borrowing from the man at her side. - "A Prairie Courtship", Harold Bindloss.
• What is your idea of borrowing, may I ask? - "A Fool and His Money", George Barr McCutcheon.
• You were very curious the other morning, I recall, respecting my object in borrowing a large brace- and- bit. - "The Devil Doctor", Sax Rohmer.