单词 | borrowing |
释义 | borrowingbor‧row‧ing /ˈbɒrəʊɪŋ $ ˈbɑːroʊ-, ˈbɔː-/ noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatormoney that someone owes► debt Collocations money that you owe, especially a large amount: · Debt is one of the main social problems of our time.debt of: · The government now has debts of $2.5 billion.pay off/repay a debt (=pay all the money that you owe): · It took us three years to pay off all our debts.write off a debt (=agree that it will not and does not need to be repaid): · He protected less profitable state farms by writing off their debts.foreign debt (=money owed by foreign countries): · To pay the interest on our foreign debt, we will have to import less.a bad debt (=a debt that will never be repaid): · Lenders must try and protect themselves against bad debts. ► overdraft an amount of money that you owe to your bank when you have spent more money that you had in your bank account: · I've already got an enormous overdraft.a £100/$1500 etc overdraft: · When he left college, he had a $3000 overdraft. ► liabilities the debts that a company, government etc is legally responsible to pay - used especially in legal and business contexts: · The chart shows the movements in the company's liabilities and assets during a particular trading period.· US external net liabilities rose throughout the 1980s. ► borrowings the total amount of money that a company has borrowed and owes - used in business contexts: · Borrowings at the end of the year amounted to nearly $27 million.· The company was now so large it could increase its borrowings to almost any figure it chose. ► IOU a note that you write saying that you owe someone money or that you will pay for something later - often used by journalists as an informal word for a legal agreement in which one business or organization owes another money: · Essentially, a bond is an IOU.give somebody an IOU: · There was anger among farmers, who were being given IOUs instead of cash for their crops. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► borrowing costs 1[countable, uncountable] when a person, government, company etc borrows money, or the money that they borrow: Public borrowing has increased.2[countable] something such as a word, phrase, or idea that has been copied from another language, book etc: words that are French borrowingsborrowing from his musical borrowings from other composers3borrowings [plural] the total amount of money that a company or organization owes (=the amount it costs to borrow money from a bank)· Interest rates and borrowing costs are likely to be higher next year. ► cut spending/borrowing· In the 1990s, governments worldwide cut military spending. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► foreign· There was excessive dependence on foreign borrowings and the banks were poorly supervised. ► public· It was also concerned with the effect of nationalized industry deficits on public borrowing and hence on inflation and interest rates.· However, when demand in the economy is weak, public borrowing will tend to rise.· Even the government's re-entry into the gilts market as public borrowing has risen is seen as a sign of hope.· He said spiralling public sector borrowing was the greatest threat to a sustained economic recovery.· We must now turn to examine the pattern of taxation upon which the success of public borrowing depended.· The Chancellor revealed yesterday that public borrowing has ballooned to £37 billion, and is growing fast.· A major policy aim of the government has, therefore, been to reduce public sector borrowing. NOUN► bank· The rest will reduce bank borrowings.· Will the profits of the business be enough to pay back bank borrowing?· Of this, 25 percent would come from a share issue in 1990 or 1991 and new bank borrowings.· The capital structure of Newco in the context of institutional investment and bank borrowings has been considered in 4.7 above.· Many governments thus resort to financing expenditure through domestic bank borrowing and printing money, both of which are inflationary.· The purchasers are also taking on board £748,000 of Kemps' bank borrowings.· By 1988 bank borrowing accounted for only 53% of their external financing; debt equalled only 63% of their assets. ► sector· He said spiralling public sector borrowing was the greatest threat to a sustained economic recovery.· This then puts pressure on private sector borrowing, with the rise in interest rates inhibiting private sector investment and investment-led growth.· A major policy aim of the government has, therefore, been to reduce public sector borrowing. VERB► cut· Combined with cost cutting, that enabled the group to cut its borrowings by £70 million to £136 million.· He is confident that a further cut in borrowings will be reported in the next report to shareholders.· Control of spending was crucial to the government's strategy because it wanted to cut governmental borrowing and taxes. ► finance· Whenever the government runs a budget deficit, it will have to finance that deficit by borrowing.· Table 16-3 reminds us that some government expenditure is financed by borrowing.· This gap must be financed by borrowing or selling assets.· The expenditure would be financed 22 percent from borrowing and use of government assets.· This link also influences accounting for capital expenditure that is financed other than by borrowing. ► increase· So don't hesitate to call at your local branch and discuss matters if you want to increase your borrowing.· High interest rates are used to control the growth of aggregate demand in the economy by increasing the cost of borrowing.· But a top North West broker reckons the group is set to increase borrowings to realise the potential of its businesses. ► reduce· The proceeds from the disposals will be used to reduce Group borrowings and support new investment.· The rest will reduce bank borrowings.· The balance is kept to a minimum, and any temporary surplus is used to reduce government borrowing.· Its strategy is to acquire engineering companies in niche markets and dispose of existing businesses to reduce borrowings.· It might be a sign that, with improved incomes farmers felt able to reduce their borrowing.· This will force up private sector interest rates and reduce private-sector borrowing and investment.· A major policy aim of the government has, therefore, been to reduce public sector borrowing. |
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