borrower

bor·row  (br, bôr)

v. bor·rowed, bor·row·ing, bor·rows

v.tr.

1. To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent.

2. To adopt or use as one's own: I borrowed your good idea.

3. In subtraction, to take a unit from the next larger denomination in the minuend so as to make a number larger than the number to be subtracted.

4. Linguistics To adopt (a word) from one language to use in another.

v.intr.

To obtain or receive something.

Idiom:

borrow trouble

To take an unnecessary action that will probably engender adverse effects.

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[Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian; see bhergh-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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borrow·er n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

borrower - someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent recipient, receiver - a person who receives something freeloader - someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others lender, loaner - someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters

Translations

borrower [ˈbɒrəʊəʳ] N

1. [of money] → prestatario/a m/f
neither a borrower nor a lender be → ni prestes ni pidas prestado

2. (in library) → usuario/a m/f

borrower [ˈbɒrəʊə^r] n → emprunteur/euse m/f

borrower

n → Entleiher(in) m(f); (of capital, loan etc) → Kreditnehmer(in) m(f)

borrower [ˈbɒrəuəʳ] n (gen) → chi prende in prestito (Econ) → mutuatario/a