outborrow
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To borrow more than.
Example Sentences
- "Individuals in both parties owed money to the state bank and its branches, with Whigs outborrowing Democrats."
- "Was it perhaps England's parliamentary government that explained the country's astonishing ability to outborrow and outspend France in spite of having a population less than half the size?"
Etymology
From out- + borrow.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: out