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borrowing

borrowing

60 2.3
Getting money from a person or bank that you must pay back with interest
  • noun
  • /ˈbɔroʊɪŋ/
translation icon : endeudamiento
  • Why am I borrowing money from my dad?
  • cost of borrowing
  • government borrowing
  • household borrowing

When you restrict borrowing, you limit GDP.

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Examples

  • The real cost of foreign borrowing was negative until the early 1980s.

    Academic text (1992)
  • When you restrict borrowing, you limit GDP.

  • And the cost of borrowing is continuing to rise.

  • Would they recommend more borrowing, including the associated higher debt limit?

    Academic text (2017)
  • If that is interest free, why do you keep borrowing money through your workplace?

  • And it was obvious that they were borrowing more money than they could repay.

  • Borrowing money is something he just can't do.

  • The utility of borrowing among students attending community colleges is a source of controversy.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The second research question examined how borrowing affected students' enrollment behaviors and educational experiences.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The interest rates for borrowing money from the bank have increased significantly this year.

Antonyms

34 2.9

Money you return after you borrowed it

3.7

Careful about spending money and avoiding waste

Compounds

borrowing cost
  • Specialized
4 3.1

Money you pay in interest and fees to use money from a bank or another person

How Much

insolvency
  • Specialized
12 6.8
indebtedness
5 7.0
borrowing
60 2.3
debt
2.6
loan
2.0

Surface Forms

borrowing singular
borrowings plural

Morphology

borrowing = borrow (transparent) = borrow + ing

Regular '-ing' nominalization of 'borrow' referring to the act of obtaining money; the financial sense is a primary, transparent meaning of the verb.

Etymology

Borrowing comes from the old English verb borrow, which meant 'to take something with a promise to return it'. That's why borrowing money means getting cash now and planning to pay it back later, often with an extra payment called 'interest'.