# borrowing

Pronunciation: US say "BAW-roh-wing" /ˈbɔrəwɪŋ/; UK say "BO-roh-ing" /ˈbɒɹəʊɪŋ/

## Noun

1. An act or occasion of taking and using something for a while before returning it.
   - Simple: The act of taking something for a time and planning to give it back.
   - _The library encourages the borrowing of books for up to three weeks._
   - _Repeated borrowing from petty cash left the drawer empty by Friday._
3. A word adopted into a language from a foreign one; a loanword.
   - Simple: A word taken from one language and used in another.
   - _Linguists identify 'kindergarten' as a borrowing from German._
   - _Japanese contains numerous borrowings from English, reshaped to fit its sound system._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of borrow. — present participle and gerund of borrow
   - Simple: Present participle of borrow. Use this -ing form for an action happening now.
   - _He is borrowing money to cover the deposit._
   - _Borrowing without asking first can damage a friendship._
4. A slang and humorous term for shoplifting, taking goods from a store without paying. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A joking word for stealing things from a store.
   - _Two teens spent the afternoon borrowing snacks from the convenience store._
   - _He laughed about borrowing a phone charger he never intended to pay for._

## Origin

Formed from "borrow" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/borrowing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).