borough

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for borough

borough 🔊 /bɚˈowˌ/

borough : කොට්ඨාසය

borough : පේරුව

borough definition

Noun.

  1. In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
  2. The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
  3. An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
  4. The pledge or surety thus given.