mortgage
31mortgage — [[t]mɔ͟ː(r)gɪʤ[/t]] ♦♦ mortgages, mortgaging, mortgaged 1) N COUNT: oft N n A mortgage is a loan of money which you get from a bank or building society in order to buy a house. ...an increase in mortgage rates. 2) VERB If you mortgage your house… …
32mortgage — mort·gage (môr’gĭj) n. 1. A loan for the purchase of real property, secured by a lien on the property. 2. The document specifying the terms and conditions of the repayment of such a loan. 3. The repayment obligation associated with such a loan:… …
33mortgage — I. noun Etymology: Middle English morgage, from Anglo French mortgage, from mort dead (from Latin mortuus) + gage gage more at murder Date: 15th century 1. a conveyance of or lien against property (as for securing a loan) that becomes void upon… …
34Mortgage — A debt instrument that is secured by the collateral of specified real estate property and that the borrower is obliged to pay back with a predetermined set of payments. Mortgages are used by individuals and businesses to make large purchases of… …
35mortgage — n. & v. n. 1 a a conveyance of property by a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt (esp. one incurred by the purchase of the property), on the condition that it shall be returned on payment of the debt within a certain period. b a deed… …
36mortgage — [14] Mortgage means literally ‘dead pledge’. It comes from Old French mortgage, a compound formed from mort ‘dead’ and gage ‘pledge’ (source of English gage and closely related to English wage). The notion behind the word is supposedly that if… …
37mortgage — n 1.Law. pledge, guaranty, warranty, security, collateral security. 2. bond, debenture, debenture bond, mortgage debenture, lien, mortgage instrument. v 3. obligate, pledge, hypothecate, put up for security, place under lien, Inf. hock …
38mortgage — [ˈmɔːgɪdʒ] noun [C] I money that you borrow from a bank and use to buy a house II verb [T] mortgage [ˈmɔːgɪdʒ] if you mortgage property, you borrow money from a bank and agree to give the property to the bank if you do not pay back the money …
39mortgage — mort•gage [[t]ˈmɔr gɪdʒ[/t]] n. v. gaged, gag•ing 1) lawg bus a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed 2) bus the deed by which such a transaction is effected 3) bus the rights conferred by it, or… …
40mortgage — [14] Mortgage means literally ‘dead pledge’. It comes from Old French mortgage, a compound formed from mort ‘dead’ and gage ‘pledge’ (source of English gage and closely related to English wage). The notion behind the word is supposedly that if… …
