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noun

borrower

someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent

In a sentence

Six example sentences with borrower, each labelled with its topic.

  • A borrower with a thin credit file pays two extra points, even when her income comfortably covers the monthly payment.

    Finance

  • The contract lets the lender seize the truck if the borrower misses three consecutive installments without written notice.

    Law

  • Medieval abbeys lent seed grain and expected the borrower to bring back the same measure after the autumn threshing.

    History

  • When the central bank raises rates, every borrower with a variable mortgage feels the change within a month.

    Economics

  • The library ledger from 1890 lists each borrower and the novel taken, along with the fine paid on its return.

    Literature

  • Venture debt makes the startup a borrower instead of a seller of shares, so the founders keep their equity intact.

    Startups

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