borrow
Use then return
To borrow is to take something with the understanding you'll return it: Can I borrow your car?
You borrow money from a bank, books from a library, ideas from other thinkers.
The borrower receives; the lender gives.
Languages borrow words from each other, adopting foreign terms into native use.
In arithmetic, borrowing moves value from one column to another during subtraction.
Living on borrowed time means surviving beyond what was expected.
Borrowed money repaid later
- lenderOne who loans money
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- principalChief school administrator
credit · bank · mortgage · collateral · installment · refinance · underwriting · default
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- anglicismEnglish loanword abroad
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- etymologyWord origin study
adoption · assimilation · pidgin · creole · transliteration · neologism
Go back again
- short-termOf limited duration
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- temporaryLimited in duration
use · access · lending · checkout · renewable · overdue · loaner
Have unpaid obligations
- creditorOne owed money
- debtorOne who owes
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
default · insolvency · bankruptcy · delinquency · foreclosure · lien · overdue · outstanding
Suited to circumstance
- adoptTake as one's own
- stealTake without permission
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- imitateReproduce another's behavior
derive · take · influence · inspiration · homage · pastiche · adaptation · sampling
Formal act of seeking
- askSeek an answer
- favorKind act or preference
- helpAssistance given
- assistanceSupport or aid given
rely · depend · imposition · inconvenience · reciprocity · goodwill · neighbor · friend
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
principal · credit · bank · mortgage · collateral · installment · refinance · underwriting · default · amortization
loanword
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- anglicismEnglish loanword abroad
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
etymology · adoption · assimilation · pidgin · creole · transliteration · neologism
return
Go back again
- short-termOf limited duration
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- interimProvisional in-between phase
temporary · use · access · lending · checkout · renewable · overdue · loaner
owe
Have unpaid obligations
arrears · default · insolvency · bankruptcy · delinquency · foreclosure · lien · overdue · outstanding · indebtedness
appropriate
Suited to circumstance
imitate · derive · take · influence · inspiration · homage · pastiche · adaptation · sampling · remix
request
Formal act of seeking
assistance · rely · depend · imposition · inconvenience · reciprocity · goodwill · neighbor · friend
- loansloan, loans, lend, auto loans, auto loan
- money verbsdeposit, withdraw, transfer, spend, save
- arithmeticaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sum
- commercetrade, banking, merchant, imports, sales
- dividing and givingdistribute, allocate, divide, give, share
- imitationcopy, copycat, imitation, mimicking, replica
- borrowed timeExtension beyond expected limits
- borrowing rateCost to take loans
- on borrowed timeExisting beyond expected limits
- something borrowedItem temporarily taken
- beg borrow or stealAcquire through any means
- borrowed money
borrowed, borrowing, borrower, borrows, borrowers, borrowings, reborrow, overborrowed, borrowable