Other forms: borrowers
A borrower is somebody who takes a book out on loan. A registered borrower, borrower's card, active borrowers.
In finance the word means somebody taking on debt, and the pair borrower and lender is the standard framing. Neither a borrower nor a lender be is Polonius's advice in Hamlet, and it is not the play's best-supported opinion.
1nounborrowerSomebody who takes a book out on loan.
“Library borrowers must return books within three weeks.”
2noundebtSomebody who takes on debt.
“The bank checks every borrower's income before approving a mortgage.”
borrower is a person.
Borrow plus -er, from Old English borgian, to lend or borrow on pledge, from borg, a pledge.
Middle English
borower
English, today
borrower
From Middle English borower, borewer, borwere, equivalent to borrow + -er.
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