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mortgage

/ˈmoɹ.ɡɪd͡ʒ/noun, verb2 syllables

Mortgage means: a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan.

What does mortgage mean?2

noun

1

a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan

verb

1

put up as security or collateral

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Mortgage in a sentence

  • With so many unemployed, many can't pay their mortgages.xellugis
  • The bank holds a mortgage on his building.J_S
  • A mortgage rate of six percent is becoming the current industry average.Shiawase
  • More and more people are falling behind in their mortgage payments.darinmex
  • He took out a mortgage from the bank in order to buy a house.AlanF_US
  • I don't have enough money to pay the mortgage off.OsoHombre
  • Sami's bank called him about his mortgage payment.OsoHombre
  • Sami applied for a reverse mortgage to renovate his house.OsoHombre

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of mortgage

as a noun

plural
mortgages

as a verb

past tense
mortgaged
present participle
mortgaging
third-person singular
mortgages
past participle
mortgaged