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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
borrow/lend
see also GIVE
- to take or receive sth from sb/sth that you intend to give back: borrow (sth) (from/off sb/sth)
I've borrowed ※£10 from Arthur, but I've got to give it back by Friday. ◎ If we need more money, we'll have to borrow from the bank.
- a person who borrows sth: borrower
- to allow sb to use sth which they must give back later: lend* sth (to sb), (formal) loan sth (to sb)
Arthur lent me ※£10 until Friday. ◎ The Queen loaned some paintings to the art exhibition.
- if you borrow sth from sb, it is (formal) on loan
Several of the most valuable items are on loan from the British Museum.
- a person or organization that lends you sth: (formal) lender
Banks and building societies are the main lenders of money in Britain.
- when you give back sth which you have borrowed, you return it (to sb/sth), take*/give* it back (to sb/sth)
※ borrowing money
- money, etc that sb/sth lends you: loan
The bank have given me a ※£5 000 loan.
- money that you borrow in order to buy a house: mortgage
I've taken out an ※£80 000 mortgage over 25 years.
- the money that you pay to a bank, etc for borrowing an amount of money: interest (noun U)
- the percentage of interest that you pay for borrowing an amount of money: interest rate
The government has just brought interest rates down to 8%.
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