borrowable

adj

Etymology

From borrow + -able.

  1. derived from *bʰergʰ-
  2. inherited from *burgōną
  3. inherited from *borgōn
  4. inherited from borgian
  5. inherited from borwen
  6. suffixed as borrowable — “borrow + able

Definitions

  1. Capable of being borrowed

    Capable of being borrowed; available to be borrowed.

    • The corresponding rise in bank savings is, of course, beneficial to the government in its search for borrowable funds.
  2. Something that is borrowable.

    • With Sofia gone, the books and other borrowables were now moved back to the rear room and the neighbors were again invited to lounge in both rooms of the apartment.
    • It’s so unoriginal it bores me and how, more than disappointment or sorrow at humanity’s antics, it must bore God. All this stuff we find so important, absorbing, exciting and maddening. […] Rage at unreturned borrowables.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA