Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preborrowing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-bor-row-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to borrowing.

Example Sentences

"Next, this change was subtracted from the total per capita expenditure to obtain the preborrowing measure of total per capita expenditure. Finally, preborrowing poverty was calculated by comparing preborrowing per capita expenditure with the moderate or extreme poverty line."

Etymology

From pre- + borrowing.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does preborrowing mean?: Prior to borrowing.
Where does preborrowing come from?: From pre- + borrowing.

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