borrowable
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something that is borrowable.
Example Sentences
- "The corresponding rise in bank savings is, of course, beneficial to the government in its search for borrowable funds."
- "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."
- "This isn’t a book of formulas, but there are lots of “borrowables” in it. As you read these teachers’ story, you’ll be doing your own planning of possible curriculum; alert teachers do that all the time. You may think, “I wouldn’t do that.” Or you may think, “Oh, that’s a good idea,” and try it with the children you teach."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English borrow Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English borrowable From borrow + -able.