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"One who borrows."
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{
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"word": "mortgager"
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{
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"word": "scrounger"
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{
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"word": "lessee"
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{
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"word": "renter"
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{
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"word": "lendee"
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"roman": "mustaʕīr",
"sense": "one who borrows",
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],
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"sense": "one who borrows",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jièkuǎnrén",
"sense": "one who borrows",
"word": "借款人"
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"sense": "one who borrows",
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"sense": "one who borrows",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "one who borrows",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who borrows",
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"code": "el",
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"code": "ga",
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"alt": "かりて",
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"word": "借り手"
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"sense": "one who borrows",
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"word": "pożyczkobiorca"
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{
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"sense": "one who borrows",
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{
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"roman": "zajómščik",
"sense": "one who borrows",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "one who borrows",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "заёмщица"
},
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"sense": "one who borrows",
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"word": "borraer"
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],
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"sense": "one who borrows",
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]
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"word": "remitter"
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{
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"word": "taker"
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{
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"word": "mortgager"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:borrower",
"word": "scrounger"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:borrower",
"word": "hirer"
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{
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"word": "lessee"
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"One who borrows."
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"sense": "one who borrows",
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"sense": "one who borrows",
"word": "借款人"
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"word": "Kreditnehmer"
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"sense": "one who borrows",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one who borrows",
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"word": "pożyczkobiorca"
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"sense": "one who borrows",
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{
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"finance",
"business"
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"word": "prestatario"
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "one who borrows",
"word": "mkopaji"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "one who borrows",
"tags": [
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"word": "låntagare"
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],
"word": "borrower"
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