borrows (0 synonym found)

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Definition of borrows:

(v) : To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
(v) : To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.
(v) : To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
(v) : (linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.
(v) : (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.
(v) : (Upper Midwestern United States, West Midlands, Malaysia, Singapore, proscribed) To lend.

Definition of borrows:

(v) : To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
(v) : To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.
(v) : To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
(v) : (linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.
(v) : (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.
(v) : (Upper Midwestern United States, West Midlands, Malaysia, Singapore, proscribed) To lend.

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