Definition of Borrow
Borrow
bor·row
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(verb)
to take something that belongs to someone else with the intention of giving it back to them later;
e.g. He asked if he could borrow my umbrella when he stepped out for a bit.
(verb)
to take money from an institution such as a bank or a person, with the intention (and often a formal agreement) of paying it back, sometimes with interest;
e.g. She plans to borrow money from a bank to help her pay for a new car.
(verb)
broadly, to take something from a particular source and use it for one's own purposes, for example to use a method or idea in one's own work or to adopt a word from one language to be used in another;
e.g. I decided to borrow their technique because it seemed to be more effective than mine.
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