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bor⋅row

[bor-oh, bawr-oh]
–verb (used with object)
1. to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
2. to use, appropriate, or introduce from another source or from a foreign source: to borrow an idea from the opposition; to borrow a word from French.
3. Arithmetic. (in subtraction) to take from one denomination and add to the next lower.
–verb (used without object)
4. to borrow something: Don't borrow unless you intend to repay.
5. Nautical.
a. to sail close to the wind; luff.
b. to sail close to the shore.
6. Golf. to putt on other than a direct line from the lie of the ball to the hole, to compensate for the incline or roll of the green.
7. borrow trouble, to do something that is unnecessary and may cause future harm or inconvenience.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME borowen, OE borgian to borrow, lend, deriv. of borg a pledge; akin to D borg a pledge, borgen to charge, give credit, G Borg credit, borgen to take on credit


bor⋅row⋅a⋅ble, adjective
bor⋅row⋅er, noun


2. acquire, take, get; copy, pirate, plagiarize.
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Main Entry: bor·row
Function: transitive verb
: to take or receive temporarily; specifically : to receive (money) with the intention of returning the same plus interest —bor·row·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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