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bor·row·ing

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–noun

1.	the act of one who borrows.

2.	the process by which something, as a word or custom, is adopted or absorbed.

3.	the result of such a process; something borrowed, as a foreign word or phrase or a custom.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME; see borrow, -ing¹

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bor·row Audio Help   (bŏr'ō, bôr'ō) Pronunciation Key
v.   bor·rowed, bor·row·ing, bor·rows

v.   tr.

To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent.
To adopt or use as one's own: I borrowed your good idea.
In subtraction, to take a unit from the next larger denomination in the minuend so as to make a number larger than the number to be subtracted.
Linguistics To adopt (a word) from one language to use in another.

v. intr.
To obtain or receive something.

[Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian; see bhergh-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

bor'row·er n.

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bor·row·ing Audio Help (bŏr'ō-ĭng, bôr'-) Pronunciation Key
n. Something that is borrowed, especially a word borrowed from one language for use in another.

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borrowing
noun
1.	the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
2.	obtaining funds from a lender