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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 equivalentplay

  Familiarity information: BORROWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BORROWER (noun)


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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