Reborrowing

Synonyms for "reborrowing"

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Translations

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Finnish

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  • takaisinlaina noun (word taken back from another language)

German

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  • Rückentlehnung noun (word taken back from another language)

Greek

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  • αντιδάνειο noun (word taken back from another language)

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The word flan itself is a relatively recent addition to English, adopted on our behalf from French by the chef Alexis Soyer (a Frenchman working in England), but in that form it is in fact simply a reborrowing of a word which originally crossed the Channel in the 13th century as flawn, denoting some sort of custard tart or cheesecake.

Source: wiktionary

The borrower will usually argue that the accordion should be considered as a reborrowing of debt already repaid, and therefore should be a redraw of tranche A first.

Source: wiktionary

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