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borrowage

borrowage noun: synonym of suretyship.

Noun

borrowage (countable and uncountable, plural borrowages)

  1. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of suretyship
    • The bailies then took the position of burghal officers, and were elected by the burgesses, but they still acted as officers of the crown in giving possession, or sasine as it was called, to the several burgh holdings, or borrowages as they were termed, whenever these were transferred to purchasers...1911, Sir James David Marwick, Robert Renwick, Early Glasgow, page 2
    Synonyms:
    suretyship
  2. (obsolete) The act of borrowing.

Synonyms of borrowage

Forms of borrowage

pluralborrowages

Origin of borrowage

From Middle English borwage, borowage, equivalent to borrow + -age. Compare borrowship.

Questions about borrowage

What does borrowage mean?
Borrowage means synonym of suretyship.
What part of speech is borrowage?
Borrowage is a noun.
What is the plural of borrowage?
The plural of borrowage is borrowages.

Words near borrowage in the dictionary

  1. borrow trouble
  2. borrow'd
  3. borrowability
  4. borrowable
  5. borrowables
  6. borrowage
  7. borrowages
  8. Borrowash
  9. borrowback
  10. borrowbacks
  11. Borrowby

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