The meaning of BORROW is to receive with the implied or expressed intention of returning the same or an equivalent. How to use borrow in a sentence.

BORROW meaning: 1. to get or receive something from someone with the intention of giving it back after a period of…. Learn more.

Borrow definition: to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent.. See examples of BORROW used in a sentence.

The word borrow means to take something and use it temporarily. You can borrow a book from the library, or borrow twenty bucks from your mom, or even borrow an idea from your friend.

If you borrow a book from a library, you take it away for a fixed period of time. I couldn't afford to buy any, so I borrowed them from the library. [VERB noun + from]

1. to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: to borrow a pencil. 2. to appropriate or introduce from another source or from a foreign source: to borrow a word from …

Borrow or borrowing can mean: to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

Definition of borrow verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

When people borrow money from a bank they pay back the same amount over a number of months or years plus an added amount that is called interest. He borrowed money from the …

borrow /ˈbɒrəʊ/ vb to obtain or receive (something, such as money) on loan for temporary use, intending to give it, or something equivalent or identical, back to the lender