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preborrowing

preborrowing adjective: prior to borrowing.

Adjective

preborrowing (not comparable)

  1. Prior to borrowing.
    • Next, this change was subtracted from the total per capita expenditure to obtain the preborrowing measure of total per capita expenditure. Finally, preborrowing poverty was calculated by comparing preborrowing per capita expenditure with the moderate or extreme poverty line.2016, Shahidur R. Khandker, M.A. Baqui Khalily, Hussain A. Samad, Beyond Ending Poverty

Origin of preborrowing

From pre- + borrowing.

Questions about preborrowing

What does preborrowing mean?
Preborrowing means prior to borrowing.
What part of speech is preborrowing?
Preborrowing is an adjective.

Words near preborrowing in the dictionary

  1. preboom
  2. preboost
  3. preboot
  4. Preboreal
  5. preborn
  6. preborrowing
  7. prebottleneck
  8. prebought
  9. prebound
  10. prebrachial
  11. prebranch

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