• Borrowing

    Verb

    borrowing
    1. Present participle of borrowShe is borrowing my pen.

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    Noun

    borrowing

    (plural borrowings)
    1. An instance of borrowing something.
      • Horace BinneySubscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City ...
    2. (linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.

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