Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Borrowing

Nouns
  • borrowing, pledging. borrowed plumes
  • plagiarism etc. (thieving) Stealing. replevin [Law].
Verbs
  • borrow, desume. hire, rent, farm
  • take a lease, take a demise
  • take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year etc.
  • hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year etc.
  • adopt, apply, appropriate, imitate, make use of, take. raise money, take up money
  • raise the wind
  • fly a kite, borrow from Peter to pay Paul
  • run into debt etc. (debt) Debt. replevy [Law].