Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 23 compound words that contain borrow. The most common are listed below. Open borrow in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- borrow pitA pit that is dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.
- borrow pitsplural of borrow pit: A pit that is dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.
- borrow from Peter to pay PaulAlternative form of rob Peter to pay Paul: To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem …
- borrow rollSynonym of mortgage roll: A transaction where a financial institution or insurance company sells a mortgage-backed security to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to repurchase an essentially similar security at a predetermined price on a …
- borrow rollsplural of borrow roll: A transaction where a financial institution or insurance company sells a mortgage-backed security to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to repurchase an essentially similar security at a predetermined price on a …
- borrow a leaf out of someone's bookAlternative form of take a leaf out of someone's book: To adopt an idea or practice of another person.
- borrow troubleTo worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass.
Compound words 23
- borrowerOne who borrows.
- BorrowdaleA valley and civil parish in Cumberland council area, in the Lake District of Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough.
- borrowbackAn arrangement in which an asset is sold or given to another, and then borrowed back from the trust or person to whom it was sold or given. Typically, this is done either to take advantage of a lower tax rate on the part of the one to whom …
- outborrowTo borrow more than.
- BorrovianReminiscent of or pertaining to the English traveler and writer George Borrow.
- borroweeOne from whom something is borrowed; a lender.
- overborrowTo borrow too much money.
- borrowability(of words, constructions, etc) The quality of being borrowable.
- reborrowTo borrow again or back.
- borrowshipSuretyship or the act of borrowing.