borrower

English

Etymology

From Middle English borower, borewer, borwere, equivalent to borrow +‎ -er (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹəʊə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹoʊɚ/

Noun

borrower (plural borrowers)

1. One who borrows.

   a library borrower’s card

   • 1984, Journal of Banking & Finance, volume 8, page 158:

     But if other negative factors are operating simultaneously, or if the borrower's financial status is weak to start with, then one extra adverse development is more likely to affect returns on the loan.

   • 2002, Manfred Görlach, Still More Englishes, page 144:

     This term became popular from the late 1960s onwards, languages being neatly divided between borrowers and calquers.

Antonyms

• lender

Derived terms

• microborrower
• neither a borrower nor a lender be
• nonborrower

 

Translations

one who borrows

• Arabic: مُسْتَعِير m (mustaʕīr), مُسْتَعِيرَة f (mustaʕīra)
• Catalan: manllevador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 借款人 (zh) (jièkuǎnrén), 借用人 (jièyòngrén)

• Esperanto: prunteprenanto
• Finnish: lainaaja (fi), lainanottaja (fi)
• French: emprunteur (fr) m, emprunteuse (fr) f
• German: Kreditnehmer (de) m, Entleiher m
• Greek: δανειολήπτης (el) m (daneiolíptis)
• Irish: iasachtaí m
• Japanese: 借り手 (かりて, karite)
• Norman: emprunteux m (Jersey)
• Polish: pożyczkobiorca m
• Portuguese: mutuário m, mutuária f, recebedor m, recebedora f
• Russian: заёмщик (ru) m (zajómščik), заёмщица (ru) f (zajómščica), беру́щий взаймы́ m (berúščij vzajmý), беру́щий в долг m (berúščij v dolg)
• Scots: borraer
• Spanish: prestatario m (money)
• Swahili: mkopaji
• Swedish: låntagare (sv) c

See also

• debtor
• creditor

Anagrams

• reborrow