- present participle of borrow.
borrowing
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Raising interest rates would increase borrowing costs across the board for the US economy, acting as a brake on further investment and consumption activity.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
He said he saw little evidence that borrowing conditions were restraining the economy and that the better inflation readings in June and July hadn’t convinced him the underlying trend was improving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
By Thursday’s close it sat 2.7% shy of the record high hit last month, hobbled by a global bond market selloff that’s pushed U.S. benchmark borrowing costs to the brink of 5%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
The closely watched borrowing benchmark has only topped 5% once since 2007, for just a brief period during a single trading session almost three years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“I’m borrowing my friend’s house in Dorset,” he said, following her to the kitchen.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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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
If that happens, he said, it could raise bills for electric customers since the utility may have to pay a higher interest rate for new borrowings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
But each of the funds said they had ample liquidity to handle the payouts, with cash coming from loan repayments, fund borrowings, and new investment inflows.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 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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