English to French Meaning of borrow - emprunter


Borrow :
emprunter

affiler, emprunter, aiguiser, imiter, simuler, écho, copie, prendre, renseigner, adopter, acheter, ours

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Definitions of borrow in English
Verb(1) get temporarily(2) take up and practice as one's own
Examples of borrow in English
(1) Jim did not beg, steal or borrow his business acumen - his father Seamus is the well-known Bagenalstown auctioneer and businessman.(2) Meanwhile, retired dairy farmer Ted Dibble has vowed to borrow a horse and return to the sport if the Government's anti-hunting proposal becomes law.(3) Librarian Maureen Cusack can obtain books for anyone wishing to borrow books which are not available in the library.(4) Companies need to borrow enormous sums of money to buy back their shares in the market.(5) lower interest rates will make it cheaper for individuals to borrow(6) In doing so, it may be appropriate for us to borrow some of the best practices of international firms operating in our energy sector.(7) After breakfast I had a long shower then we walked over the hill so that i could borrow books.(8) But at Storr his great achievement has been to borrow the landscape and return it to us in an entirely new light.(9) The combined effect of these trends has been to lift the amount which a two-earner household on average earnings can afford to borrow without debt-servicing absorbing more than one quarter of their income.(10) My family will visit the library often to borrow new books to read together.(11) Space is all very well, in the right place, but people come to libraries mainly to borrow books.(12) The best he could do was borrow concepts and words from other disciplines.(13) The customer can borrow and repay as often as necessary as long as the balance outstanding doesn't exceed the credit limit.(14) She had mostly kept to herself, venturing only to the library to borrow books.(15) He said the private sector was failing to buy maize from farmers because of the floor price which they could not meet and high interest rates the banks charged to borrow money.(16) I managed to go to the library again to borrow the book titled the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne for the tenth time this month.
Related Phrases of borrow
(1) to borrow ::
emprunter
(2) borrow money ::
emprunter de l'argent
(3) borrow from ::
emprunter
Synonyms
Verb
1. take as a loan ::
prendre comme un prêt
2. take ::
prendre
3. adopt ::
adopter
Different Forms
borrow, borrowed, borrower, borrowers, borrowing, borrowings, borrows
Word Example from TV Shows
Yeah, Amy asked if we
had one she could borrow

Yeah, Amy asked if we had one she could BORROW

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 10

Can I borrow it
when you're done?

Can I BORROW it when you're done?

The Big Bang Theory Season 7, Episode 17

Could I borrow your watch, sir?

Could I BORROW your watch, sir?

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 10

Howard said I could borrow it,
Bernadette said forever.

Howard said I could BORROW it, Bernadette said forever.

The Big Bang Theory Season 10, Episode 22

May I borrow your water?

May I BORROW your water?

The Big Bang Theory Season 10, Episode 15

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