Borrow or borrowing can mean: to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. In finance, monetary debt In language, the use of loanwords In arithmetic, when a digit becomes less than zero and the deficiency is taken from the next digit to the left In music, the use of borrowed chords In construction, borrow pit In golf, the tendency of a putted ball to deviate from the straight line; see Glossary of golf#B People David Borrow (born 1952), British politician George Borrow (1803–1881), English author Nik Borrow, bird artist and ornithologist See also Borough Borro (disambiguation) Borrowes, a surname Borrows, a surname Bureau (disambiguation) Burrow