borrowing
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To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
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To take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time.
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To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
โto borrow the style, manner, or opinions of anotherโ
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To adopt a word from another language.
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In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
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(Upper Midwestern United States) To lend.
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To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
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To feign or counterfeit.
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(obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison.
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To receive (something) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
โCan I borrow a sheet of paper?โ
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An instance of something being borrowed.
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A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
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