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How to pronounce borrow in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms adopt, take over, take up
Type of accept, have, take
Type Words
Type of acquire, get
Derivation borrower


May I borrow your lawn mower?.

Examples of borrow

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They'll have a lifetime in the work force to repay whatever they need to borrow.
From the online.wsj.com
The studios declined, so he decided to borrow the industry's subscription model.
From the businessweek.com
Even manufacturers with firm export orders couldn't borrow funds to build goods.
From the businessweek.com
That the Prince of Wales is looking to borrow a little Obama magic may seem odd.
From the time.com
Pastors constantly borrow one another's sermons, usually without crediting them.
From the time.com
Debt could jeopardize the group's ability to help school districts borrow money.
From the desmoinesregister.com
If they borrow it, that precludes providing that capital for private investment.
From the forbes.com
So students and their families might prefer the flexibility to borrow elsewhere.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
The higher the city bond rating, the less it costs for the city to borrow money.
From the suntimes.com
More examples
  • Get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
  • Adopt: take up and practice as one's own
  • (borrower) someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
  • (borrowing) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
  • (borrowing) obtaining funds from a lender
  • (Borrower) A loan is a type of debt. Like all debt instruments, a loan entails the redistribution of financial assets over time, between the and the .
  • (Borrowing (linguistics)) A loanword (or loan word) is a word borrowed from one language and incorporated into another.
  • (Borrows) Kerry James "Chester" Borrows (born 1957) is a New Zealand politician.
  • (The Borrower) The Borrower is a 1991 science fiction / horror film directed by John McNaughton. It's a B-movie about an alien serial killer, who is sent to Earth to live among humans as a form of penalty. It stars Rae Dawn Chong (daughter of actor/musician Tommy Chong) and Antonio Fargas.