borrowing

emprunt, endettement

Action de prendre une chose pour l’utiliser puis la rendre, ou de recevoir de l’argent à rembourser.

En anglais simple : An act of taking something to use and return later, or taking money that must be paid back.

• Borrowing from friends can cause problems.
• The bank increased its borrowing charges.
• Repeated borrowing left the company with large debts.

Comment l'utiliser : borrowing from someone/something (Borrowing from the bank helped them buy a home.)

Contraires : lending

Expressions courantes : government borrowing, borrowing of money, borrowing costs

emprunt

Mot pris dans une autre langue et utilisé dans sa propre langue.

En anglais simple : A word taken from another language and used as part of your own language.

• This word is a borrowing from French.
• English contains borrowings from many languages.
• Some recent borrowings keep their original spelling.

Comment l'utiliser : a borrowing from a language (This term is a borrowing from Italian.)

Synonymes : loanword

Expressions courantes : linguistic borrowing, borrowing from French, recent borrowing

voler à l’étalage

Prendre des articles dans un magasin sans payer, en plaisantant comme si on allait les rendre.

En anglais simple : Taking goods from a shop without paying, described jokingly as if you would return them.

• He called stealing sweets borrowing.
• She was caught borrowing clothes from the shop.
• Their idea of borrowing involved hiding goods in their bags.

Synonymes : shoplifting, stealing

Expressions courantes : borrowing from shops, borrowing store goods