borrowable

borrowable adjective: capable of being borrowed; available to be borrowed.

Adjective

borrowable (comparative more borrowable, superlative most borrowable)

Capable of being borrowed; available to be borrowed.
- The corresponding rise in bank savings is, of course, beneficial to the government in its search for borrowable funds.1989, Roy Love, “Funding the Ethiopian State: Who Pays,”, in Review of African Political Economy, number 44, page 24

borrowable (plural borrowables)

Something that is borrowable.
- With Sofia gone, the books and other borrowables were now moved back to the rear room and the neighbors were again invited to lounge in both rooms of the apartment.1980, Peter Hellman, “Tree Number D-92: Leokadia Jaromirska”, in Avenue of the Righteous: Portraits in Uncommon Courage of Christians and the Jews They Saved from Hitler, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum...
- This isn’t a book of formulas, but there are lots of “borrowables” in it. As you read these teachers’ story, you’ll be doing your own planning of possible curriculum; alert teachers do that all the time. You may think, “I wouldn’t do that.” Or you may think, “Oh, that’s a good idea,” and try it...1994, Elizabeth Jones, John Nimmo, “What this book is for”, in Emergent Curriculum, Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children, published 2003 (4th printing), →ISBN...

This isn’t a book of formulas, but there are lots of “borrowables” in it.1994, Elizabeth Jones, John Nimmo, “What this book is for”, in Emergent Curriculum, Washington, D.C.: National Association for the...
All this stuff we find so important, absorbing, exciting and maddening. […] Rage at unreturned borrowables.2008, Tibor Fischer, Good to Be God, Richmond, London: Alma Books, →ISBN, page 106:

From borrow + -able.

What does borrowable mean?: Borrowable means capable of being borrowed; available to be borrowed.
How do you use borrowable in a sentence?: This isn’t a book of formulas, but there are lots of “borrowables” in it.
What part of speech is borrowable?: Borrowable can be an adjective or a noun.

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