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borrower
What does borrower mean?
borrower (noun): someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce borrower?
/ˈbɑɹoʊɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does borrower come from?
From Middle English borower, borewer, borwere, equivalent to borrow + -er (agent suffix).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of borrower?
Words related to borrower
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “borrower” mean?
someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
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an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
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a difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation
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a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
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