inborrow

Meanings

Noun

• Security; bail.
• One who gives or offers security for another; a surety.

Verb

• To redeem or buy back from pawn; resume a pledge by restoring the money that has been lent on it.

Origin

• 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, equivalent to in- + borrow. Related to Old English borgian ("to borrow; lend; be surety for"). More at borrow.