Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who borrows: opposed to lender.
- noun One who takes what belongs to another, and uses it as his own; specifically, in literature, a plagiarist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who borrows.
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- noun One who
borrows .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
Etymologies
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Examples
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Debt to income ratio and revolving credit used by the borrower is also provided.
Is Peer-to-Peer Lending Working for You? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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That term refers to the lender; the borrower is actually the “mortgagor.”
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That term refers to the lender; the borrower is actually the “mortgagor.”
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I.E. if you are 100% sure that a borrower is a better risk than his credit score then it absolutely makes sense to lend that person money.
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In public debts, as in private debts, the debtor should make a fair and honest effort to justify the trust imposed in it when it pledged its word and its faith, and the natural complement of a fair and honest attitude on the part of the borrower is a willingness on the part of the creditor to make an equitable settlement with a distressed but conscientious borrower.
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In this case, "borrower" is a another word for an irresponsible spendthrift with a warped sense of self-entitlement .... like the hispanic woman school bus driver in New Jersey who bought the $800,000 house – a house that us taxpayers and consumers are probably now paying to keep her in.
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So the government wants to protect the borrower from the lenders.
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How, searching for help in his hour of need, he turned to the Bible and discovered Proverbs 22: 7: “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave of the lender.”
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How, searching for help in his hour of need, he turned to the Bible and discovered Proverbs 22: 7: “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave of the lender.”
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How, searching for help in his hour of need, he turned to the Bible and discovered Proverbs 22: 7: “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave of the lender.”
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