/ ˈbɒrəʊɪŋ; NAmE ˈbɑːroʊɪŋ; ˈbɔːr-/ noun
1.
[ C , U ] the money that a company, an organization or a person borrows; the act of borrowing money :
an attempt to reduce bank borrowings
High interest rates help to keep borrowing down.
2.
[ C ] a word, a phrase or an idea that sb has taken from another person's work or from another language and used in their own