Meanings
plural borrowages
- countablehistoricalobsoleteuncountableSynonym of suretyship
1 more example
The bailies then took the position of burghal officers, and were elected by the burgesses, but they still acted as officers of the crown in giving possession, or sasine as it was called, to the several burgh holdings, or borrowages as they were termed, whenever these were transferred to purchasers, or were transmitted to the heirs or successors of previous owners.
1911, Sir James David Marwick, Robert Renwick, Early Glasgow, page 2Synonyms: suretyship
- countableobsoleteuncountableThe act of borrowing.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of suretyship
Origin
- Middle Englishborwage
- Englishborrowage
From Middle English borwage, borowage, equivalent to borrow + -age. Compare borrowship.
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