| 单词 | borrowing |
| 释义 | borrowing borrowing /; AmE ; / noun
BANK BORROWING, CONSUMER BORROWING, NET BORROWING
1 [U] the money that a company, person or government borrows; the act of borrowing money: If it's cheap for people to borrow, borrowing and spending will increase. Household borrowing (= money borrowed by families) has reached alarming levels. lower borrowing costs The Federal Reserve is expected to reduce the cost of borrowing to 1.75 per cent. OPP LENDING
❖ consumer/corporate/household borrowing ◆ foreign/government/public-sector borrowing ◆ borrowing costs/facilities/requirement(s) to curb/cut/increase/reduce borrowing
2 borrowings [pl.] the amount of money that a company has borrowed: The car manufacturer has total borrowings of €7.5 billion. The new CEO will cut the company's borrowings to €1.8 billion by March.
❖ to cut/increase/reduce/repay borrowings ◆ bank/foreign currency/long-term/short-term borrowings |
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