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Definition of Borrowing
1. Noun. The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source. "The borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
Generic synonyms: Appropriation
Specialized synonyms: Naturalisation, Naturalization, Misappropriation, Crossover
Derivative terms: Adopt, Adopt
2. Noun. Obtaining funds from a lender.
Definition of Borrowing
1. Verb. (present participle of borrow) ¹
2. Noun. An instance of borrowing something. ¹
3. Noun. (context: linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Borrowing
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Borrowing
Literary usage of Borrowing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Financial History of the United States by Davis Rich Dewey (1902)
"Borrowing; Bills of Credit. The borrowing power of the national government is
well- nigh complete; there is no limitation as to time, manner, place, amount, ..."
2. Public Finance by Charles Francis Bastable (1903)
"THE peculiar position of the state economy and the great importance of public
borrowing have both tended to obscure the fundamental truth that public credit ..."
3. Foreign Exchange by Albert Conser Whitaker (1919)
"Regular long-term international borrowing and lending, ... But when we come now
to speak of investment in exchange and borrowing by means of exchange, ..."
4. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"Public borrowing for wars an important form of such loans in modern times.
Great wars and war borrowing give rise to both economic and fiscal problems. ..."
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