Emprestar is a synonym for pay, but only for money and between institutions, banks or Government agencies; But it is also very old and hardly used. The word that is most common is borrowing. It comes from the latin prestitus "given, granted" with your prosthesis en_, converted into em_ by the start in 'p'.
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