borrow on pledge
1borrow — O.E. borgian to lend, be surety for, from P.Gmc. *borg pledge, from PIE *bhergh to hide, protect (see BURY (Cf. bury)). Sense shifted in O.E. to borrow, apparently on the notion of collateral deposited as security for something borrowed. Cf. O.E …
2Borrow — Bor row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Borrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Borrowing}.] [OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS. beorgan to protect. ?95. See 1st {Borough}.] 1. To receive from another as a… …
3Borrow — Bor row, n. 1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Ye may retain as borrows my two priests. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of borrowing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Of your royal presence I ll… …
4borrow — [v1] take for temporary use accept loan of, acquire, beg, bite, bum, cadge*, chisel*, give a note for*, hire, hit up*, lift, mooch*, negotiate, obtain, pawn, pledge, raise money, rent, run into debt, scrounge, see one’s uncle*, soak, sponge, take …
5pledge — ▪ I. pledge pledge 1 [pledʒ] noun [countable] 1. JOURNALISM a formal, usually public, promise that you will do something: • the President s pledge to make employment his priority 2. LAW …
6borrow — borrowable, adj. borrower, n. /bor oh, bawr oh/, v.t. 1. to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower. 2. to use, appropriate, or introduce from another source or from a foreign… …
7borrow — bor•row [[t]ˈbɒr oʊ, ˈbɔr oʊ[/t]] v. t. 1) to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: to borrow a pencil[/ex] 2) to appropriate or introduce from another source or from a foreign source: to borrow a word from… …
8borrow — [OE] Modern English borrow is a descendant of Old English borgian, which came from the Germanic base *borg . This was a variant of *berg (source of English barrow ‘mound’) and *burg (source of English borough and bury). The underlying sense of… …
9borrow — [OE] Modern English borrow is a descendant of Old English borgian, which came from the Germanic base *borg . This was a variant of *berg (source of English barrow ‘mound’) and *burg (source of English borough and bury). The underlying sense of… …
10borrow — 1. verb /ˈbɒrəʊ,ˈbɑroʊ/ a) To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. b) To adopt (an idea) as ones own. Syn: adopt, use Ant …
