borrow
Signification (Anglais)
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- To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
- To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.
- To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
- To adopt a word from another language.
- In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
- To lend.
- To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
- To feign or counterfeit.
- To secure the release of (someone) from prison.
- (informal) To receive (something, usually of trifling value) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
- (informal) To interrupt the current activity of (a person) and lead them away in order to speak with them, get their help, etc.
- To adjust one's aim in order to compensate for the slope of the green.
Concepts
Synonymes
have a loan
take on loan
be in debt
buy on credit
raise a loan
to take
borrow digit
float a loan
incur a debt
lend out
Fréquence
Coupé comme
bor‧row
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈbɒɹ.əʊ/
Étymologie (Anglais)
From Middle English borwen, borȝien, Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge surety for”), from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to pledge, take care of”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care”). Cognate with Dutch borgen (“to borrow, trust”), German borgen (“to borrow, lend”), Danish borge (“to vouch”). Related to Old English beorgan (“to save, preserve”). More at bury.
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Prepackaged campaigns also borrow from pop culture .
Les campagnes préemballées empruntent également à la culture pop.
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