borrowing

Word family

1 [countableC, uncountableU]BORROW when a person, government, company etc borrows money, or the money that they borrow 借贷；借款，贷款

Public borrowing has increased.

公共借贷数额增加了。

2 [countableC]COPY something such as a word, phrase, or idea that has been copied from another language, book etc 借用的词语，外来语；借来的概念

words that are French borrowings

从法语中借用的词语

borrowing from

his musical borrowings from other composers

他借自其他作曲家的音乐元素

3. borrowings [plural]BFL the total amount of money that a company or organization owes 〔公司或组织的〕借贷，债款，欠款总额

Examples from the Corpus

borrowing• When he is there, will he explain to the people of the north-west why he has changed his mind about borrowing?• The Library is used extensively by S6 pupils and is available to all pupils and Staff for reference and borrowing.• Congress is likely to limit any more federal borrowing.• The increase in demand for borrowing will push up rates.• Almost all of the remaining capital required to make up the £1551 millions invested came from borrowing.• As a result Government borrowing is soaring - to £37 billion this year, and £44 billion next year.• The Japanese company has invested its borrowings in government bonds.• Smurfit Paribas carried out a privatisation study and made significant borrowings available.• To avoid simultaneous borrowing and depositing you should monitor how accurate your forecasting is, without turning this into an art form.• Your savings will earn no interest, but the total will be deducted from your borrowings, reducing the interest bill.

borrowing from• The work is original except for the borrowings from Archimedes.

From Longman Business Dictionary

borrowingbor·row·ing /ˈbɒrəʊɪŋˈbɑːroʊ-, ˈbɔː-/ noun [uncountableU]

1when a person, company, or country borrows money, or the amount of money that is borrowed

Interest rates are low and borrowing is cheap.

Israel relies heavily upon foreign aid and borrowing to maintain its economy.