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BORROWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does borrower mean?
• BORROWER (noun)
The noun BORROWER has 1 sense:
1. someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
Familiarity information: BORROWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("borrower" is a kind of...):
receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "borrower"):
freeloader (someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others)
Antonym:
lender (someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters)
Derivation:
borrow (get temporarily)
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