borrowing
Using then returning
Borrowing is taking something with the expectation of returning it: Can I get a borrowing of your ladder?
More commonly, borrowing refers to the act itself rather than the thing borrowed.
In linguistics, a borrowing is a word adopted from another language—*café* from French, *kindergarten* from German.
Financial borrowing means taking on debt: The company's borrowing has increased significantly.
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- neologismNewly created expression
- etymologyWord origin study
- anglicismEnglish loanword abroad
cognate · code-switching · pidgin · creole · false friend · naturalization · adoption
Attention, stake, or fee
- lenderOne who loans money
- mortgageSecured home loan
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
collateral · principal · amortization · default · creditor · approval · installment · guarantor
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- syncretismFusion of different beliefs
- fusionJoining into unity
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
diffusion · transmission · adoption · imitation · influence · importation · cross-pollination · hybridization
Indirect reference to something
- quotationCited passage or price
- homageExpression of deep respect
- pasticheImitative artistic tribute
- parodySatirical imitation
intertextuality · reference · adaptation · retelling · plagiarism · citation · imitation · influence
Adaptive resemblance to another
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
loanword
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- neologismNewly created expression
- etymologyWord origin study
anglicism · cognate · code-switching · pidgin · creole · false friend · naturalization · adoption
interest
Attention, stake, or fee
repayment · collateral · principal · amortization · default · creditor · approval · installment · guarantor · foreclosure
appropriation
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- syncretismFusion of different beliefs
- fusionJoining into unity
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
acculturation · diffusion · transmission · adoption · imitation · influence · importation · cross-pollination · hybridization · adaptation
allusion
Indirect reference to something
parody · intertextuality · reference · adaptation · retelling · plagiarism · citation · imitation · influence · motif
mimicry
Adaptive resemblance to another
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- social interactiongreeting, hello, goodbye, hi, bye
- bankingbank, banks, ATM, ATMs, account
- library servicesyouth services, bookmobiles, reference desk, reference librarian, mobile libraries
- roommatesroommates, housemate, housemates, flatmate, flatmates
- workplace etiquetteemail etiquette, punctuality, handshakes, greetings, introductions
- Congress powersspending power, declare war, impeachment, lawmaking, appropriations
borrowingpurchasing
Acquiring through payment
buying · returning · repaying · paying back · owning
- borrowing rateCost to take loans
- borrowing limitMaximum permitted debt amount
- government borrowingState taking on debt
- borrowing costsFees for using loaned funds
- semantic borrowingAdopting foreign meaning, native word
- borrowing powerAbility to obtain loans