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# borrower

«borrower» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who borrows something, such as a book from a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a borrower, borrowers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who borrows something, such as a book from a library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/borrower/#m1)

2) A person or business that borrows money from a bank and must pay it back, often with extra (interest). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/borrower/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: One who takes a loan. Proverbs says he becomes servant to the lender. Interpretation: Jewish law bans charging interest to a fellow Israelite and urges generous lending. The proverb is read as a warning about the weight of debt. In the primary lessons: In libraries: borrowers have library cards. In maths and money lessons: a borrower pays back the loan plus interest. In stories: "The Borrowers" are tiny people who borrow things from humans. Phrases: library borrower, first-time borrower.

### examples

- The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. (Writings PRO.22.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/borrower/#x1)
- Each borrower can take out five books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/borrower/#x2)
- The borrower must pay back the loan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/borrower/#x3)
- The Borrowers live under the floorboards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/borrower/#x4)
- Borrowers who return books late pay a fine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/borrower/#x5)
- A borrower took 100 pounds and paid back 110. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/borrower/#x6)
- Every borrower needs a library card. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/borrower/#x7)

### note

Opposite: lender. "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" is a famous line from Shakespeare. Maths: amount paid back = amount borrowed + interest.

### In the corpora

- [The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.626/)
- ["Subprime borrower" means a borrower with a bad credit history: a record of not paying back borrowed money on time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/8/)
- [Banks lend saved money to people and businesses and charge them interest; borrowers pay more interest than savers get.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/28-what-a-bank-does-with-your-money/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «borrower» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/borrower/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.