mortgage
11mortgage — ► NOUN 1) a legal agreement by which a person takes out a loan using as security real property (usually a house which is being purchased). 2) an amount of money borrowed or lent under such an agreement. ► VERB ▪ transfer the title to (a property) …
12mortgage — /morgaj/ A mortgage is an interest in land created by a written instrument providing security for the performance of a duty or the payment of a debt. At common law, an estate created by a conveyance absolute in its form, but intended to secure… …
13mortgage — /morgaj/ A mortgage is an interest in land created by a written instrument providing security for the performance of a duty or the payment of a debt. At common law, an estate created by a conveyance absolute in its form, but intended to secure… …
14Mortgage — A mortgage is the pledging of a property to a lender as a security for a mortgage loan. While a mortgage in itself is not a debt, it is evidence of a debt. It is a transfer of an interest in land, from the owner to the mortgage lender, on the… …
15mortgage — the transfer of right of ownership of a property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt, with the proviso that once the debt is paid ownership is transferred back. Glossary of Business Terms (1) noun A legal instrument that creates a… …
16Mortgage — A loan secured by the collateral of some specified real estate property which obliges the borrower to make a predetermined series of payments. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. mortgage mort‧gage 1 [ˈmɔːgɪdʒ ǁ ˈmɔːr ] noun… …
17mortgage — /mawr gij/, n., v., mortgaged, mortgaging. n. 1. a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed. 2. the deed by which such a transaction is effected. 3. the rights conferred by it, or the state of the… …
18mortgage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge ▪ small ▪ cheap ▪ Banks often offer their employees cheap mortgages. ▪ endowment (BrE) …
19mortgage — 01. It will take us at least 25 years to pay off the [mortgage] on our house. 02. A couple of friends of mine are having a party to celebrate the fact that they ve just finished paying off the [mortgage] on their house. 03. They ve just bought a… …
20mortgage — Synonyms and related words: adjustment mortgage, antichresis, blanket mortgage, bond, bottomry, bottomry bond, chattel mortgage, closed mortgage, dead pledge, deed of trust, deposit, dip, first mortgage, go bail, handsel, hock, hypothec,… …
