| 单词 | borrow |
| 释义 | borrow borrow /; AmE ; / verb [+ obj or no obj]
to take money from a person, a bank, etc. and agree to pay it back within a particular period of time, usually with an amount of interest added: The group has borrowed €4 billion from banks. She borrowed heavily to set the company up. borrowing at a low rate of interest The government aims to borrow $3 billion on the bond market. See note at LEND
PHRASAL VERBS
borrow against sth; borrow sth against sth to borrow money by using sth valuable as ⇨ COLLATERAL (= sth that you promise to give to sb/sth if you do not pay back the money that you owe them): The amount of money that people are borrowing against their homes reached a very high level. The company raised €500 million by borrowing against a future €1 billion government grant. |
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