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borrower

borrower

86 2.3
A person who takes money or things and plans to give them back
  • noun
  • /ˈbɔːroʊər/
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  • The CFPB report is based on complaints from older borrowers with both private and federal student loans.
  • lenders and borrowers
  • borrowers must repay
  • borrowers of loans

If I could figure out how to just create fake borrowers, then I'd be in a better situation.

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Examples

  • At the institutional level, the mechanisms in place to support student borrowers often vary greatly across community colleges.

    Academic text (2015)
  • When mortgage rates fall, the same cash flow will allow a borrower to spend more on housing.

  • Collectively, these institutional factors can significantly influence the borrower behaviors of community college students.

    Academic text (2015)
  • As a result, when markets suddenly dry up, borrowers are left screaming for dollars.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Researchers now say that the income of all our borrowers is steadily increasing.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The federal rate is based on borrowers who have been in repayment for three years.

    Academic text (2017)
  • It can provide an air, quote, significant relief to borrowers struggling to pay off their student debt.

  • That's why Proverbs says the rich rules over the poor and the borrower is slave to the lender.

  • You're one of the borrowers, aren't you?

  • Many borrowers struggle to repay their loans after graduation.

Synonyms

debtor
vsborrower
36 4.1

A person or organization that owes money to someone else

receives something, usually money, with the intent to give it back
mortgager
vsborrower
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A person who borrows money using a house or property as security

receives funds in general not limited to using property as security
debitor
vsborrower
  • Archaic
8.8

A person who owes money to another

receives funds intending to return them rather than only owing

Antonyms

118 2.5

A person or company that gives money to someone and asks for it back later

How Indebted

bankrupt
2 3.9
insolvent
  • Specialized
7.2
defaulter
  • Specialized
1 7.1
debtor
36 4.1
borrower
86 2.3

Surface Forms

borrower singular
borrowers plural

Morphology

borrower = borrow (transparent) = borrow + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'borrow' meaning 'person who borrows'; directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

Borrower comes from the verb borrow plus the agent ending -er, so it simply means 'one who takes something and will give it back'. The verb borrow goes back to an old English word meaning 'to give as a pledge' or 'to lend', which explains why a borrower takes a loan with the idea of returning it.