Borrowing

//ˈbɔrəwɪŋ//

Synonyms for "borrowing" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

accounts payable accounts receivable amount due appropriation autoplagiarism bad debt bad debts bill bills borrowed word calque

Noun(1 words)

adoption

Strong matches (18)

charge charges cheap money chit chits cribbing debt discounting due dues financial commitment financing floating debt foreignism funded debt hire purchase indebtedness indebtment

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries

appropriation dealing dealings transaction

derived

7 entries

borrowing card false borrowing learned borrowing pseudo-borrowing reborrowing semantic borrowing semi-learned borrowing

form of

1 entries

borrow

has context

1 entries

linguistics

is a

4 entries

appropriation obligation creating event transaction transferring possession

related to

5 entries

adopt borrow loanword reborrowing word

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Is there any chance of my borrowing your typewriter?

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Do you remember borrowing his book?

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"Do you mind my borrowing your microscope?" "No, not at all."

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Those who like borrowing dislike paying.

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