Definition of Borrows

1. Verb. (third-person singular of borrow) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of borrow) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Borrows

1. borrow [v] - See also: borrow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Borrows

borrell
borrow
borrow pit
borrowable
borrowe
borrowed
borrowed time
borrower
borrower's card
borrowers
borrowest
borroweth
borrowing
borrowing cost
borrowings
borrows (current term)
bors
borsch
borsches
borscht
borscht belt
borscht circuit
borschts
borsh
borshch
borshches
borsholder
borsholders
borsht
borsht belt

Literary usage of Borrows

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Hebrew Nation and Its Literature: With an Appendix on the by Samuel Sharpe (1890)
"He borrows from Jeremiah xx. 14-18, his despairing words in chapter iii. ... 28 :— He borrows from the Introduction to the Book of Proverbs, iii. ..."

2. Reports of Scotch Appeals in the House of Lords A. D. 1851 to 1873: With by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1895)
"They traded under the style of borrows and Co., and had continued to pay the rent ... Received from Mr. Arthur Connor, on account of J. borrows, the sum of ..."

3. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles by Richard Green Moulton (1901)
"... THE Two STORIES SHAKESPEARE borrows FOR HIS MERCHANT OF VENICE. A Study in the Raw Material of the Romantic Drama. THE starting-point in the treatment ..."

4. Stocks and Shares by Hartley Withers (1910)
"As the bull borrows money, and pays a rate to some one to induce him to take up stock or shares for him, contrariwise the bear borrows stock, or, ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In fact, one science borrows its presuppositions from the results of other sciences, a division of labour which is necessitated by the limitations of ..."

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