borrower

One who borrows.

Noun

  1. One who borrows.
    • a library borrower’s card
    • But if other negative factors are operating simultaneously, or if the borrower's financial status is weak to start with, then one extra adverse development is more likely to affect returns on the loan. - 1984, Journal...
    • This term became popular from the late 1960s onwards, languages being neatly divided between borrowers and calquers. - 2002, Manfred Görlach, Still More Englishes, page 144:

Origin

From Middle English borower, borewer, borwere, equivalent to borrow + -er (agent suffix).

Forms

borrowers

Synonyms

borrower leasee lendee loanee

Antonyms

lender nonborrower purchaser remitter taker

Hypernyms

recipient

Hyponyms

debtor microborrower mortgager scrounger hirer lessee renter tenant

Related

debtor creditor borrow

Derived

microborrower neither a borrower nor a lender be nonborrower