Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
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Borrower
//ˈbɑɹoʊɚ//
Synonyms for "borrower" (7 found)
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30 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مُسْتَعِير noun (one who borrows)
- مُسْتَعِيرَة noun (one who borrows)
Bulgarian
1 entries- заемополучател noun (one who borrows)
Catalan
1 entries- manllevador noun (one who borrows)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 借款人 noun (one who borrows)
- 借用人 noun (one who borrows)
Esperanto
1 entries- prunteprenanto noun (one who borrows)
Finnish
2 entries- lainaaja noun (one who borrows)
- lainanottaja noun (one who borrows)
French
2 entries- emprunteur noun (one who borrows)
- emprunteuse noun (one who borrows)
German
2 entries- Entleiher noun (one who borrows)
- Kreditnehmer noun (one who borrows)
Greek
1 entries- δανειολήπτης noun (one who borrows)
Irish
1 entries- iasachtaí noun (one who borrows)
Japanese
1 entries- 借り手 noun (one who borrows)
Norman
1 entries- emprunteux noun (one who borrows)
Polish
1 entries- pożyczkobiorca noun (one who borrows)
Portuguese
4 entries- mutuária noun (one who borrows)
- mutuário noun (one who borrows)
- recebedor noun (one who borrows)
- recebedora noun (one who borrows)
Russian
4 entries- беру́щий в долг noun (one who borrows)
- беру́щий взаймы́ noun (one who borrows)
- заёмщик noun (one who borrows)
- заёмщица noun (one who borrows)
Scots
1 entries- borraer noun (one who borrows)
Spanish
1 entries- prestatario noun (one who borrows)
Swahili
1 entries- mkopaji noun (one who borrows)
Swedish
1 entries- låntagare noun (one who borrows)
Sample sentences
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be!
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be; / For loan oft loses both itself and friend, / And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
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