Inborrow
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Security; bail. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 2 One who gives or offers security for another; a surety. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"inborrow and outborrow"
Verb
- 1 To redeem or buy back from pawn; resume a pledge by restoring the money that has been lent on it. Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English inborȝ (“bail”), from Old English inborh (“bail, security in cases of theft, a security required in cases where property had been stolen”), from in- + borh, borg (“a security, pledge, loan, bail; payment”), equivalent to in- + borrow. Related to Old English borgian (“to borrow; lend; be surety for”). More at borrow.
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