English Explanatory Dictionary

borrowship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Suretyship or the act of borrowing.

Word forms

borrowship

Etymology

A calque of Middle English borweschipe, equivalent to borrow + -ship. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Buurchskup (“suretiship”), Dutch borgschap (“suretiship”), German Low German Börgskupp, Börgschop (“suretiship”), German Bürgschaft (“suretiship”)

Synonyms

borrowage
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