v. 25B6; verb
we borrowed a lot of money : LOAN, take as a loan; lease, hire; informal cadge, scrounge, bum; Brit. informal scab; N. Amer. informal mooch; Austral./NZ informal bludge.
(informal) they borrowed all of his tools : TAKE, help oneself to, appropriate, commandeer, abscond with, carry off; steal, purloin; informal filch, rob, swipe, nab, rip off, lift, liberate, snaffle; Brit. informal nick, pinch, half-inch, whip, knock off; N. Amer. informal heist, glom.
adventurous chefs borrow foreign techniques : ADOPT, take on, acquire, embrace.
lend.