Definition of borrow

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Borrow (v. t.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.

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Moon :: Moon (n.) The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month..
Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch..
Headborrow :: Headborrow (n.) A petty constable.
Return :: Return (v. t.) To repay; as, to return borrowed money..
Borrow :: Borrow (n.) Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another..
Shin :: Shin (v. i.) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank..
Creance :: Creance (v. i. & t.) To get on credit; to borrow.
Return :: Return (n.) The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis..
Ombre :: Ombre (n.) A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons..
Borrowed :: Borrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Borro.
Borrower :: Borrower (n.) One who borrows.
Terza Rima :: Terza rima () A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours..
Borrow :: Borrow (n.) The act of borrowing.
Replace :: Replace (v. t.) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed..
Unborrowed :: Unborrowed (a.) Not borrowed; being one's own; native; original.
Rubato :: Rubato (a.) Robbed; borrowed.
Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To receive; to take; to derive.
Borwe :: Borwe (n.) Pledge; borrow.
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars..
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