To obtain or receive money on loan with the promise or understanding that it will be repaid. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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borrow bor‧row [ˈbɒrəʊ ǁ ˈbɑːroʊ, ˈbɔː-] verb [intransitive, transitive]
to receive money from a person or organization which you must pay back later:
• Nowhere else in Europe can home-buyers borrow 100% of the purchase price.
borrow something from somebody
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borrow UK US /ˈbɒrəʊ/ verb [I or T]
► FINANCE, BANKING to take money from a bank or other financial organization with the intention of paying it back over a period of time, usually with interest added on: »
He will have to borrow £300 million to make his controversial takeover bid successful.
»Find out how much you can afford to borrow before you decide to buy a house.
borrow from sth »If you borrow from a credit card, the interest can be 20%.
borrow sth from sth »This is a way of borrowing money from international financial markets.
»Countries who had borrowed heavily to pay for oil imports were hit hard.
► to ask someone to give you money for a period of time, after which you intend to give it back to them: »
Can I borrow £20? I'll pay you back tomorrow.
borrow (sth) from sb »He borrowed some money from a friend.
Financial and business terms. 2012.