borg
Meaning
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- (masculine) surety, bail
- (masculine) guarantor
- (masculine) deposit
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɔrx/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch borge, ultimately from the root of the verb bergen (“to protect, safeguard”).
New
bergen
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- (transitive) to store, to stash away
- (transitive) to salvage (a vessel)
New
borgen
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- (transitive) to secure, to keep safe
- (transitive) to guarantee
- (transitive) to ensure the sustainability of a particular policy or procedure
- (dialectal,transitive) to lend (especially of credit)
- (dated,dialectal,transitive) to borrow
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