noun
Meaning 1
Security; bail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
inborrow
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noun
Meaning 2
One who gives or offers security for another; a surety.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
- inborrow and outborrow
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verb
Meaning 3
To redeem or buy back from pawn; resume a pledge by restoring the money that has been lent on it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English inborȝ (“bail”), from Old English inborh (“bail, security in cases of theft, a security required in cases where property had been stolen”), from in- + borh, borg (“a security, pledge, loan, bail; payment”), equivalent to in- + borrow. Related to Old English borgian (“to borrow; lend; be surety for”). More at borrow.