n.

Something that is borrowed, especially a word borrowed from one language for use in another.

IN BRIEF: A person who takes something on loan.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. — William Shakespeare (1564-1616);English poet; the greatest poet ever; from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii (excerpt)

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
  Synonym: adoption

Meaning #2: obtaining funds from a lender

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Quotes:

"Don't borrow money from a neighbor or a friend, but of a stranger where, paying for it you shall hear of it no more." - Lord Burleigh

"If you would know the value of money try to borrow some." - Benjamin Franklin

"When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend." - Oliver Goldsmith

"Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing." - Doris Lessing

"People lend only to the rich." - Proverb

"Who goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing." - Proverb

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lån

Nederlands (Dutch)
leenwoord

Français (French)
n. - (Fin, Écon, Ling) emprunt

Deutsch (German)
n. - Lehnwort, Kreditaufnahme, Ausleihen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δανεισμός

Italiano (Italian)
prestito

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estrangeirismo (m)

Русский (Russian)
одалживание

Español (Spanish)
n. - préstamo, acción de tomar o pedir prestado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lån, att låna

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
借, 借入, 借用之事物, 借用

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 借, 借入, 借用之事物, 借用

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 차용[물]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 借用, 借りたもの, 借用語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اقتراض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נטילה, שאילה‬

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