Borrowing
['bɒrəʊɪŋ] or ['bɑroɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; 'the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent'.
(noun.) obtaining funds from a lender.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Borrow
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Borrowing is a sign of loss and meagre support. For a banker to dream of borrowing from another bank, a run on his own will leave him in a state of collapse, unless he accepts this warning. If another borrows from you, help in time of need will be extended or offered you. True friends will attend you.
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Examples
- Everywhere governments had been borrowing and issuing paper promises to pay interest, more interest than they could conveniently raise. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It foresees the facility of borrowing, and therefore dispenses itself from the duty of saving. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In this exigency, government can have no other resource but in borrowing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He devised a pegging machine, and out of his scanty earnings and at odd hours, with much pain and labour, and by borrowing money, he finally completed it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I've come a-borrowing, Mrs. Yeobright. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The facility of borrowing delivers them from the embarrassment which this fear and inability would otherwise occasion. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Rachael made the tea (so large a party necessitated the borrowing of a cup), and the visitor enjoyed it mightily. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- If it commonly brings along with it the necessity of borrowing, it likewise brings with it the facility of doing so. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The introduction of money[230] probably increased the facilities of the usurer and the difficulties of the borrowing debtor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 1695, an act was passed for borrowing one million upon an annuity of fourteen per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The demand comes before the returns, and they have nothing at hand with which they can either purchase money or give solid security for borrowing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the following year, the deficiency was made good, by borrowing upon annuities for lives, at fourteen per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Borrowing of Gotonthe cuisinière, a pail of water and a scrubbing-brush, I made this seat clean. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The sovereign feels that he must provide for such exigencies by saving, because he foresees the absolute impossibility of borrowing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Maybe we are borrowing trouble. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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