INDEX:
1. to borrow something
2. to borrow money
3. to pay money so that you can borrow and use something
4. money that is borrowed
RELATED WORDS
opposite
↑ LEND
to owe money to someone because you have borrowed from them : ↑ OWE
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1. to borrow something
▷ borrow /ˈbɒrəʊǁˈbɑː-, ˈbɔː-/ [transitive verb]
if you borrow something from someone, they let you have it, and you agree to give it back to them later :
▪ Can I borrow your pen for a second?
▪ I wish Steve would buy himself a bike. He’s always borrowing mine.
borrow something from/off somebody
▪ She found the poem in a book she’d borrowed off Mrs Parsons.
▪ I borrowed this dress from my sister.
borrowed [adjective]
▪ After I graduated from college, I moved into a borrowed apartment in Brooklyn Heights.
▷ have the use of also have the loan of /ˌhæv ðə juːs ɒv, ˌhæv ðə ˈləʊn ɒv/ [verb phrase] British
to have someone’s permission to borrow something, especially something large or expensive such as a car or boat for a particular length of time :
▪ Could we have the loan of your video camera this weekend?
let somebody have the use of something
▪ Dad usually lets me have the use of his car when he’s away on business.
▷ be on loan /biː ɒn ˈləʊn/ [verb phrase]
if something is on loan from a library, art collection etc, it has been borrowed from it :
▪ These pictures are on loan from the Paul Getty Collection.
be out on loan
not be available because it has been borrowed
▪ The librarian phoned to say the book you want is out on loan until next week.
2. to borrow money
▷ borrow /ˈbɒrəʊǁˈbɑː-, ˈbɔː-/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
if you borrow money from someone, they give it to you, and you agree to pay it back later :
▪ Companies normally expect to borrow at cheaper rates than ordinary people have to pay.
borrow something from/off somebody
▪ Can I borrow five pounds off you till next week?
▪ By the end of the war the Canadian government had borrowed over $5 billion from its own citizens.
borrow heavily
borrow a lot of money
▪ Maxwell had borrowed heavily to finance his business projects.
borrowed [adjective]
▪ The takeover bid was financed mainly with borrowed cash.
borrower [countable noun]
▪ The fall in interest rates is bad news for savers but good news for borrowers.
▷ take out a loan /ˌteɪk aʊt ə ˈləʊn/ [verb phrase]
to borrow a large amount of money from a bank or company :
▪ Three years ago, we took out a loan to buy our car and we’re still paying it off.
take out a loan from
▪ If you take out a loan from the company you have to pay it back within two years.
3. to pay money so that you can borrow and use something
▷ rent /rent/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
to pay a particular amount of money regularly for the use of a house, office, telephone etc over a period of months or years :
▪ Many young couples rent an apartment until they’ve saved enough money to buy a house.
▪ I can’t afford to rent an office in this part of town.
▪ Do you own your home or are you renting?
rent something from somebody/something
▪ Did you know you can rent a fax machine from the telephone company?
for rent
available to be rented
▪ Vicky put the house up for rent a month ago, but changed her mind the next day.
rented [adjective]
▪ We’ve lived in rented accommodation since we were married so we’re desperate to get our own place.
▷ rent especially American hire British /rent, haɪəʳ/ [transitive verb]
to pay money to a company to use a car, or a piece of equipment or clothing for a period of days or hours :
▪ Should we rent a video tonight?
▪ Let’s hire a car for the weekend and go and visit Jenny and Steve.
▪ You rented a tuxedo for two hundred dollars? Are you crazy?
hire/rent something from somebody/something
▪ When she got to Dallas she rented a Ford convertible from the Avis desk.
rented also hired British [adjective]
▪ No, the skis aren’t mine. They’re hired.
▪ The bride arrived at the church in a rented limousine.
▷ lease /liːs/ [transitive verb]
to pay rent for the use of buildings, land, equipment, or a vehicle for a long time, especially for business purposes :
▪ The Cider Press Company leases the machinery and buildings for $1000 a month.
▪ It would work out cheaper overall to lease the computers for the project.
lease something from somebody/something
▪ The building is actually owned by the government -- we’re leasing it from them.
▷ charter /ˈtʃɑːʳtəʳ/ [transitive verb]
to pay money to a company for the use of one of their planes or ships :
▪ A group of journalists chartered an airplane to fly them to Addis Ababa.
▪ International Aid Agencies have chartered ships to transport supplies to the disaster area.
4. money that is borrowed
▷ loan /ləʊn/ [countable noun]
an amount of money that is borrowed, especially from a bank or company, which you agree to pay back by the end of a period of time :
▪ If you need more money, we can arrange a loan.
a £5000/$20,000 loan
▪ The organization asked for a $2 million loan to plant new trees in the rainforest.
take out a loan
get a loan
▪ We took out a loan to buy a new car.
pay off/repay a loan
finish paying back what you borrowed
▪ I can’t afford to buy a new sofa until I pay off this loan.
bank loan
money you borrow from a bank
▪ Cox specialized in assisting borrowers who didn’t qualify for bank loans.
▷ mortgage /ˈmɔːʳgɪdʒ/ [countable noun]
a large amount of money that is borrowed from a bank or company in order to buy a house :
▪ The bank says we have to buy a life insurance policy before we can get a mortgage.
mortgage on
▪ Nick told me the mortgage on his apartment is worth about $90,000.
take out a mortgage
arrange to get a mortgage
▪ Anyone taking out a mortgage should be aware that interest rates can go up at any time.
pay off a mortgage
pay all of it back
▪ It took my parents nearly thirty years to pay off their mortgage.
▷ interest /ˈɪntrɪst, ˈɪntrəst/ [uncountable noun]
money that you pay for borrowing money, especially that you pay every year or every month at a fixed rate :
▪ Credit companies charge huge amounts of interest.
interest on
▪ What’s the interest on the loan?