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Origin of borrowing
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at borrow, -ing 1
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Treasury and eurozone government bond yields rose Thursday, with U.S. borrowing costs hovering just shy of the multidecade highs reached during Wednesday’s session.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The selling tracked a retreat on Wall Street, where tech firms pulled back from recent gains, having weathered concerns over spiking borrowing costs and geopolitical uncertainty.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The most vulnerable group to increasing interest rates are those who must deal with higher borrowing costs without much ability to increase their earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Faced with rising borrowing costs, a deficit of 5.4% of GDP and a public debt at its highest level since the 1940s, Lecornu is financially as well as politically hamstrung.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Instead of borrowing Egyptian terms, the Greeks preferred to revive abandoned Greek ones.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Truist Financial plans to use the proceeds from the sale to repay wholesale borrowings as it continues its broader strategic review.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The club's latest quarterly figures showed total borrowings of £1.29bn, including outstanding transfer fees.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
As of June 30, SpaceX had $93.5 billion in cash and cash equivalents, as well as $6.48 billion of short-term marketable securities and borrowings under credit facilities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 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
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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