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# borrowing

noun (a borrowing, borrowings; borrowing uncountable); verb, -ing form of borrow (borrow, borrows, borrowed, borrowing)

«borrowing» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Taking something that belongs to someone else, with their permission, and giving it back later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#m1)
2. (money) Getting money from a bank or person that must be paid back, often with extra (interest). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#m2)
3. (language) A word taken from another language, like «café» from French or «kangaroo» from an Aboriginal language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#m3)
4. (maths, old) In subtraction, «borrowing» means taking ten from the next column (also called regrouping or exchanging). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#m4)
5. Borrowing can also mean a story or idea that one people take from another and make their own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#m5)

### In the lessons

In school, borrowing books from the library. In maths subtraction, children learn borrowing (exchanging): 52 − 17, borrow a ten so 12 − 7 = 5. In English lessons, English has many borrowings from French, Latin, Norse and Hindi. In money lessons, borrowing costs extra because of interest.

### Examples

- I'm borrowing my sister's bike today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#x1)
- Borrowing books from the library is free. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#x2)
- In 42 − 18 you need borrowing from the tens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#x3)
- «Pyjamas» is a borrowing from Hindi/Urdu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#x4)
- The country's borrowing is very high. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#x5)
- Thanks for borrowing me your pen – oops, I mean lending! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#x6)
- Borrowing tales is a mutual process, and when Indian meets European, European meets Indian; which borrowed from which, is a question which we have very few criteria to decide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/#x7)

### Note

Trap: you «borrow FROM» someone, they «lend TO» you. «Can I borrow your pen?», not «Can you borrow me your pen?» (lend). Maths: in UK schools «exchanging» or «regrouping» is now often used instead of «borrowing».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «borrowing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borrowing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«borrowing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/borrowing.html) on Mova free.