borrow betydelse and definition

Betydelse av borrow på svenska

• 0 to get or receive something from someone with the intention of giving it back after a period of time:

  • I had to borrow a pen from the invigilator to do the exam.

  • UK non-standard Can I borrow £100 off you until next week?

  • She used to borrow money and not bother to pay it back.

  • He borrowed a novel from the library.

  • Like so many companies at that time, we had to borrow heavily to survive.

  • We could always borrow some money from the bank.

  • English has borrowed many words from French.

• 1 to put a number into a different column when doing subtraction

• 2 to take something from someone with the intention of giving it back after using it:

  • [ T ] Could I borrow your bike until next week?

  • [ T ] fig. We constantly borrow words from other cultures.

• 3 to take money from a bank or other financial organization with the intention of paying it back over a period of time, usually with interest added on:

  • He will have to borrow £300 million to make his controversial takeover bid successful.

  • Find out how much you can afford to borrow before you decide to buy a house.

  • borrow from sth If you borrow from a credit card, the interest can be 20%.

  • borrow sth from sth This is a way of borrowing money from international financial markets.

  • Countries who had borrowed heavily to pay for oil imports were hit hard.

• 4 to ask someone to give you money for a period of time, after which you intend to give it back to them:

  • Can I borrow £20? I'll pay you back tomorrow.

  • borrow (sth) from sb He borrowed some money from a friend.