outborrow
outborrow verb: to borrow more than.
Verb
outborrow (third-person singular simple present outborrows, present participle outborrowing, simple past and past participle outborrowed)
- To borrow more than.
- Individuals in both parties owed money to the state bank and its branches, with Whigs outborrowing Democrats.1987, Larry Schweikart, Banking in the American South from the Age of Jackson to Reconstruction, page 33
- Was it perhaps England's parliamentary government that explained the country's astonishing ability to outborrow and outspend France in spite of having a population less than half the size?2006, James MacDonald, A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy, page 3
Forms of outborrow
| third-person singular present | outborrows |
|---|---|
| present participle | outborrowing |
| past participle | outborrowed |
| past | outborrowed |
Origin of outborrow
From out- + borrow.
Questions about outborrow
- What does outborrow mean?
- Outborrow means to borrow more than.
- What part of speech is outborrow?
- Outborrow is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outborrow?
- The past tense of outborrow is outborrowed.
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