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borrowings

borrowings is the plural of borrowing.

Meaning of borrowing

Noun

borrowing (countable and uncountable, plural borrowings)

  1. An instance of something being borrowed.
    • January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites
      Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City […]
  2. A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
    • Whilst you would be forgiven for thinking this statement comes straight from the latest UKIP manifesto, it is in fact a quotation from The Anglish Moot, a fan-page promoting the use of the 'Anglish' language — that is, English with all foreign borrowings stripped away.2017 March 25, Lili Bidwell, “Anglish: A Brexiteer’s lingua franca?”, in The Cambridge Student, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2021

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Phrases with borrowings

Questions about borrowings

What is borrowings the plural of?
Borrowings is the plural of borrowing.

Words near borrowings in the dictionary

  1. borrowing card
  2. borrowing cards
  3. borrowing days
  4. borrowing from Peter to pay Paul
  5. borrowing trouble
  6. borrowings
  7. borrows
  8. borrows a leaf out of someone's book
  9. borrows from Peter to pay Paul
  10. borrows trouble
  11. borrowship

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