LEARNit Dictionary

borrow

verb
A2
1
A2
to take and use something that belongs to somebody else, and return it to them at a later time
قرض گرفتن, امانت گرفتن
compare lend
2
A2
to take money from a person or bank and agree to pay it back to them at a later time
قرض گرفتن, وام گرفتن
How much did you have to borrow to pay for this?
The goal is to borrow funds at a low interest rate.
She borrowed £2 000 from her parents.
I don't like to borrow from friends.
The company had borrowed heavily from state-owned banks.
(informal)I had to borrow the money off a friend.
compare lend
3
to take words, ideas, etc. from another language, person, etc. and use them as your own
اقتباس کردن
The author borrows heavily from Henry James.
His designs borrow freely from the architecture of ancient Egypt.
Some musical terms are borrowed from Italian.
The villain was—to borrow a phrase from Alex—‘all bark and no bite’.