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borrowing

/bor-oh-ing, bawr-/US // ˈbɒr oʊ ɪŋ, ˈbɔr- //

借款,借贷,借用,借用的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of one who borrows.
    • : the process by which something, as a word or custom, is adopted or absorbed.
    • : the result of such a process; something borrowed, as a foreign word or phrase or a custom.

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Examples

  • It increases government borrowings and sends it into an interest repayment cycle, which only further increases spending in the future.

  • That forced them to buy other shares to repay their borrowings, a preview on a small scale of the trading action that would bring the company to prominence last month.

  • When investors believe a business’s stock price is on a downward trajectory, they can bet on their belief by borrowing shares from other investors, with a promise to give the stock back in a certain time period, plus some interest.

  • Government borrowing is under renewed scrutiny as politicians consider their third mega-spending package to support the US economy, adding to more than $3 trillion already earmarked since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • With the Federal Reserve planning on keeping interest rates near zero for years, business borrowing costs will remain low and stocks will face little competition from bonds for investors’ cash.

  • “He is borrowing my voice to tell you this story,” she told the crowd.

  • The exhibit also includes examples of designers borrowing from fine art, as Yves Saint Laurent did with his Mondrian dress.

  • Generally, the better the rating, the lower the borrowing cost for the issuer.

  • Borrowing language from his father, Paul said he does not wear his religion “on my sleeve.”

  • Ravitch has said the borrowing would have been temporary and would have come in exchange for a more transparent budget.

  • That is, the Government was led into the policy of borrowing through the increase of monetary forms.

  • It was an error not to separate borrowing entirely from monetary issues.

  • Borrowing was his besetting sin, and he was always head over ears in debt.

  • But the much-tried lady was on the highroad toward trouble-borrowing and bound to reach her end.

  • "Mr. Baines would have no difficulty borrowing from five hundred thousand to three quarters of a million," said Noble.