transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbär-(ˌ)ō, ˈbȯr- ]
verb
Etymology: Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian; akin to Old English beorgan to preserve — more at bury
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to receive with the implied or expressed intention of returning the same or an equivalent
borrow a book
borrow ed a dollar
b. : to borrow (money) with the intention of returning the same plus interest
2.
a. : to appropriate for one's own use
borrow a metaphor
b. : derive , adopt
3. : to take (one) from a digit of the minuend in arithmetical subtraction in order to add as 10 to the digit holding the next lower place
4. : to adopt into one language from another
5. dialect : lend
intransitive verb
: to borrow something
• bor·row·er -ə-wər noun
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- borrow trouble