of borrowing

  • 1borrowing costs — UK US noun [plural] ► FINANCE, BANKING costs, especially interest, connected with borrowing money: cut/lower/reduce borrowing costs »The Bank of England recently cut borrowing costs from 4% to 3.75%. » corporate borrowing costs »Experts say an… …

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  • 2borrowing powers — ➔ power1 * * * borrowing powers UK US noun [plural] ► FINANCE the right of a company or organization to borrow money to finance their activities: »The committee asked the Government to clarify what the Post Office s borrowing powers were… …

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  • 3borrowing powers — the power of a public or corporate body to borrow. Most public bodies are invested by statute with power to borrow; the extent of any power in a particular case will depend on the precise language of the statute concerned (see Att. Gen. v. De… …

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  • 4borrowing power — UK US noun [U] ► FINANCE, BANKING the amount of money that a person, company, or government can borrow at a particular time, based on their financial situation: »Additional borrowing power should enable the company to continue operating. » The… …

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  • 5borrowing base — USA In the context of asset based lending, the maximum amount of revolving loans that lenders are willing to lend to a borrower at a given point in time based on the value of certain assets of the borrower (rather than its cash flow). The… …

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  • 6borrowing powers — UK US noun [plural] business the amount of money that a company is able to borrow Thesaurus: relating to borrowing money and owing moneyhyponym …

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  • 7borrowing — the process by which money is received subject to a condition for repayment, either on demand or at some ascertainable future time. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …

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  • 8borrowing statute — n. A state statute specifying the circumstances when the statute of limitations of another state will be applied to in state lawsuits whose cause of action arose in the other state. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …

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  • 9borrowing powers — borrowing .powers n [plural] the amount of money that a company is allowed to borrow, according to its own rules …

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  • 10borrowing power — borrowing ,power noun uncount BUSINESS the amount of money a company is able to borrow …

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