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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of reborrow.

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Examples

  • Not to mention that far more of our debt is spread over far longer loan terms and would therefore take years to mature and have to be reborrowed at a higher interest rate.

    Cameron's cuts: There are alternatives | Editorial 2011

  • The English word, the OED explains, was then “reborrowed by French… and subsequently passed into many other European languages,” including German, Italian,Swedish, and Dutch.

    The Grammarphobia Blog » Blog Archive » Is a pamphlet a little pamph? 2010

  • So what I'm hoping one of my learned Russian readers can tell me is: was Cantemir's usage unique to him, or was the word first borrowed as sístima and then reborrowed presumably from French as sistéma?

    languagehat.com: SISTIMA, SISTEMA. 2004

  • Then I reborrowed the Cherokee and drove to my parents 'house.

    Seven Up Evanovich, Janet 2001

  • Martin Midstream Partners intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay outstanding indebtedness incurred under its revolving loan facility, which amounts may be reborrowed to fund both recent acquisitions and expansion capital expenditures.

    News 2010

  • Martin Midstream Partners intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay outstanding indebtedness incurred under its revolving loan facility, which amounts may be reborrowed to fund both recent acquisitions and expansion capital expenditures.

    News 2010

  • Amounts repaid under the credit facilities may be reborrowed to fund the Partnership's ongoing expansion capital program, potential future acquisitions, or the potential redemption of its outstanding 6.25% senior notes due 2015.

    Business Wire Travel News 2010

  • The amount repaid under such facility may be reborrowed, and used for general corporate purposes, subject to continued compliance with, and availability under, the facility.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Any amounts repaid with proceeds from this offering may be reborrowed in the future.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • In fact, I've borrowed and reborrowed his books from the NLB many times.

    A Gonzo Journal 2009

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