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borrower

/bor-oh, bawr-oh/US // ˈbɒr oʊ, ˈbɔr oʊ //UK // (ˈbɒrəʊ) //

借款人,借款者,借用者,借款方

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
    • : to use, appropriate, or introduce from another source or from a foreign source: to borrow an idea from the opposition; to borrow a word from French.
    • : Arithmetic. to take from one denomination and add to the next lower.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to borrow something: Don't borrow unless you intend to repay.
    • : Nautical. to sail close to the wind; luff.to sail close to the shore.
    • : Golf. to putt on other than a direct line from the lie of the ball to the hole, to compensate for the incline or roll of the green.

Phrases

  • borrow trouble
  • beg, borrow, or steal
  • on borrowed time

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Newcomers to RV camping might appreciate a little help shepherding their borrowed house into its campsite when they reach their destination, which spurred our interest in the Lincoln’s Pro Trailer Backup Assist.

  • Once you have the list of your competitors, you can start analyzing them in greater detail to learn your rivals’ strengths and borrow their best practices.

  • Namely, when we try to have discussions about the future — we have talked a lot about getting married and having children together — he borrows the phrase "10-year plan," which one of his roommates uses a lot.

  • Other groups like the water district and environmental groups in Borrego Springs are alarmed over the pipeline’s path which appears to borrow through Anza Borrego State Park.

  • Unlike the federal government, state and local governments cannot borrow money to make up for budget deficits, so budgets will need to be cut.

  • And the average student borrower had $29,400 in debt as of 2012.

  • After getting burned badly in the housing crash, most lenders now check everything on a borrower's loan application.

  • The borrower loses credibility, respect, and the ability to participate in the market in the future.

  • In addition, the typical credit score for a post-2008 borrower is a healthy 755.

  • For a borrower, these notes add up to a loan, which they then have to pay back over the term.

  • Amongst all my fellow clerks I remember one only who resembled as a borrower some of my quondam associates at Derby.

  • In both the borrower of money pledges his property as security while the money remains unpaid.

  • He was in the position of a borrower driving a risky trade, or of a would-be insurer who leads an unhealthy life.

  • I really came as a borrower, but circumstances permitted me to play the rle of the lender.

  • On another occasion the same borrower deducted from the interest accrued due a pound he said he had lent the youthful poet.