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borrowing

[bor-oh-ing, bawr-] / ˈbɒr oʊ ɪŋ, ˈbɔr- /
NOUN
appropriating
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
loaning


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Tax-aware long-short strategies can cost as much as 1.5% to 3%, including investment management, financing and borrowing fees.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

For Africa’s poorest importers, every mini-grid, solar farm, battery and electric bus that displaces fuel imports reduces exposure to the next oil shock, though high borrowing costs, currency risk and weak grids remain major constraints.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Traders are pricing in a 48% chance that the central bank raises borrowing costs at least once by the end of the year, according to the CME FedWatch tool.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Long-term borrowing costs also rose, with the yield on 30-year gilts climbing to 5.81%.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Eisman and his partners focused concretely on the people doing the borrowing and the lending.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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