borrowing /ˈbɔrəwɪŋ/noun 2verb 1forms 1 noun2 •An instance of something being borrowed.January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City […] •A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword. verb1 •(slang, euphemistic) Shoplifting. formsborrowings
