"borrowage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: borrowages [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English borwage, borowage, equivalent to borrow + -age. Compare borrowship. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|borwage}} Middle English borwage, {{suf|en|borrow|-age}} borrow + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} borrowage (countable and uncountable, plural borrowages)
  1. (obsolete or historical) Synonym of suretyship Tags: countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms: suretyship [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-borrowage-en-noun-iwneiTPo
  2. (obsolete) The act of borrowing. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-borrowage-en-noun-tW9~fRE8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92

Inflected forms

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