borrowing

About 5.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of borrow

   She is borrowing my pen.

2. verb (Can we verify this sense?) Shoplifting.
3. noun An instance of something being borrowed.
4. noun A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.

Similar words

adoption loaning loaner lending debtor receivable debt funding indebtedness mortgage

Often followed by

from and money of the is in a by

Word family

borrowings