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borrowing

[bor-oh-ing, bawr-] / ˈbɒr oʊ ɪŋ, ˈbɔr- /
NOUN
appropriating
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Antonyms
WEAK
loaning


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Government spending and resilient exports likely supported growth, while elevated inflation and borrowing costs continued to constrain household consumption, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The BoE last raised its rate in August 2023 and has kept the cost of borrowing at 3.75 percent since December.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

This impacts businesses in two ways - less money to spend among their customers may mean they sell less, but also the cost of borrowing to invest as a company goes up.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Levine said for these names the question is less about borrowing costs and more about proof of monetization for investors.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

He’d gotten his nickname because someone was always borrowing his hammer and he was always yelling at them to bring it back.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

Another important item for investors to look at is net interest income — interest income from loans and investments less interest expense from deposits and borrowings.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026

Viatris said it plans to fund the Pacira acquisition primarily from excess cash, with the remainder from short-term borrowings, adding that it expects the deal will have minimal impact on its gross leverage ratio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The club's latest quarterly figures showed total borrowings of £1.29bn, including outstanding transfer fees.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Those obligations are growing faster than traditional “capex,” which totaled about $600 billion over the past year they reported, and were about triple what the companies owe under their outstanding leases and long-term borrowings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Scholars have long acknowledged such borrowings as moccasins, maize, and military tactics—the Indian-style guerrilla skirmishes with which the rebellious colonists bedeviled British soldiers.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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