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