Inborrow meaning

(obsolete) Security; bail.
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(obsolete) One who gives or offers security for another; a surety.

Inborrow and outborrow.

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(UK dialectal, Scotland) To redeem or buy back from pawn; resume a pledge by restoring the money that has been lent on it; redeem.
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Origin of inborrow

  • 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.

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