borrowing

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɒrəʊɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbɑroʊɪŋ, ˈbɔr-/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(borō ing, bôr-)


borrowing
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Synonyms:
renting, hiring, accepting a loan, financing, assuming, taking Collocations, adopting, appropriating, imitating, plagiarizing, plagiarising (UK), utilizing, utilising (UK), importing, bumming (slang), cadging, mooching, freeloading, using, stealing, making use of, copying, scavving (UK, slang), sponging (slang)
Antonyms:
loaning


borrow
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Sense: Verb: borrow money
Synonyms:
get a loan, borrow money, go into debt, get into debt, negotiate a loan, secure a loan, secure a mortgage
Sense: Verb: have temporarily
Synonyms:
have sth temporarily, obtain, accept the loan of, secure the use of, obtain the use of, have the use of, get temporary use of, cadge, rent Collocations, hit sb up for (slang), bum (slang), blag (slang), scrounge (slang), use Collocations
Antonyms:
lend, loan Collocations, give back, return Collocations
Sense: Verb: adopt
Synonyms:
appropriate Collocations, adopt, assume Collocations, make sth your own, plagiarize, plagiarise (UK), copy Collocations, steal Collocations, purloin, snatch Collocations, pinch Collocations (informal), pilfer, imitate, take Collocations, take on, take up
Antonyms:
abandon Collocations, stop the use of, stop using, reject Collocations, renounce, surrender Collocations, relinquish Collocations


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