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noun
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 property conveyed.
verb (used with object)
4.
Law. to convey or place (real property) under a mortgage.
5.
to place under advance obligation; pledge: to mortgage one's life to the defense of democracy.
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Origin:
1350–1400; earlier morgage, Middle English < Old French mortgage, equivalent to mort dead (< Latin mortuus) + gage pledge, gage1
1350–1400; earlier morgage, Middle English < Old French mortgage, equivalent to mort dead (< Latin mortuus) + gage pledge, gage1
Related forms
o·ver·mort·gage, verb, -gaged, -gag·ing.
re·mort·gage, verb (used with object), -gaged, -gag·ing.
sub·mort·gage, noun
un·mort·gage, verb (used with object), -gaged, -gag·ing.
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Word Origin & History
mortgage
1390, from O.Fr. morgage (13c.), mort gaige, lit. "dead pledge" (replaced in modern Fr. by hypothèque), from mort "dead" + gage "pledge;" so called because the deal dies either when the debt is paid or when payment fails. O.Fr. mort is from V.L. *mortus "dead," from L. mortuus, pp. of mori "to
EXPANDdie" (see mortal). The verb is first attested 1467.
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Cultural Dictionary
mortgage [(mawr-gij)]A legal agreement that creates an interest in real estate between a borrower and a lender. Commonly used to purchase homes, mortgages specify the terms by which the purchaser borrows from the lender (usually a bank or a savings and loan association), using his or her title to the house as security for the unpaid balance of the loan.
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