borrowing

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
borrow/ˈbɒrəʊ/

▶verb

• 1 take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it.

  ■ take and use (money) from a person or bank under agreement to pay it back later.

• 2 Golf allow (a certain distance) when playing a shot to compensate for a slope or other irregularity.

▶noun Golf a slope or other irregularity on a golf course.

– phrases
be (living) on borrowed time be surviving against expectations.
borrow trouble N. Amer. take needless action that may have detrimental effects.

– derivatives
borrower noun,
borrowing noun.

– origin OE borgian, of Gmc origin.

usage: Some people confuse the two words lend and borrow: see usage at lend.