borrowers
Those who owe
Borrowers are people who borrow—typically money from a bank or other lender, but also library books, tools from neighbors, or anything else temporarily taken with intent to return.
In lending contexts, borrowers are distinguished from lenders: Borrowers with poor credit may face higher interest rates.
The library sent overdue notices to borrowers who hadn't returned their books.
Those who provide loans
- loansBorrowed money arrangements
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
debt · mortgage · principal · collateral · default · installments · creditworthiness · amortization
Regular supporters or customers
- circulationMovement through a system
- due datesScheduled completion times
- renewalsActs of extending agreements
- library cardsBorrower identification documents
overdue · fines · checkout · returns · holds · reserves · interlibrary · stacks
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- adoptionLegal family formation
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- neologismsNewly invented words
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
foreign terms · pidgins · creoles · cognates · etymology · code-switching · anglicization · phonetic adaptation
Reduced-scale representation
- dollhouseMiniature toy residence
- floorboardsHorizontal room planking
- thimblesProtective sewing caps
- matchboxHolder for fire sticks
tiny people · hiding · discovery · adventure · survival · resourcefulness · ingenuity
lenders
Those who provide loans
credit · debt · mortgage · principal · collateral · default · installments · creditworthiness · amortization · refinancing
patrons
Regular supporters or customers
- circulationMovement through a system
- due datesScheduled completion times
- renewalsActs of extending agreements
library cards · overdue · fines · checkout · returns · holds · reserves · interlibrary · stacks · catalogues
loanwords
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- adoptionLegal family formation
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- neologismsNewly invented words
transliteration · foreign terms · pidgins · creoles · cognates · etymology · code-switching · anglicization · phonetic adaptation · naturalization
miniature
Reduced-scale representation
- dollhouseMiniature toy residence
- floorboardsHorizontal room planking
- thimblesProtective sewing caps
tiny people · matchbox · hiding · discovery · adventure · survival · resourcefulness · ingenuity
- library termsshelf, bookshelf, book selection, community library, spine
- patronspatrons, cardholders, members, users, regulars
- lendingloans, approval, lenders, bank loan, loan sharks
- mortgagesfixed-rate mortgage, mortgage broker, adjustable-rate mortgage, mortgage payment, mortgage insurance
- account holdersdepositor, depositors, saver, savers, investor
- bookmobilebookmobile, books, shelves, librarian, van
borrowerslenders
Those who provide loans
creditors · moneylenders · financiers · investors · loan sharks
borrowersowners
Those holding legal title
proprietors · possessors · titleholders · buyers · purchasers
- borrowed timeExtension beyond expected limits
- on borrowed timeExisting beyond expected limits
- something borrowedItem temporarily taken
- borrowed money
- borrowed clothesGarments temporarily taken from another
- borrowed itemsThings temporarily taken