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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'borrow' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions borrow noun  (archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee. (archaic) A surety; someone standing bail. 1819: "where am I to find such a sum? If I sell the very pyx and candlesticks on the altar at Jorvaulx, I shall scarce raise the half; and it will be necessary for that purpose that I go to Jorvaulx myself; ye may retain as borrows my two priests." " Walter Scott, Ivanhoe verb  To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. To adopt (an idea) as one's own. (linguistics) To copy a word from another language. (arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result. Translations:  Dutch: lenen, ontlenen French: emprunter (trans-mid) German: borgen Italian: prendere in prestito Spanish: tomar prestado        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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