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mort⋅gage
[mawr-gij]
noun, verb, -gaged, -gag⋅ing.–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. |
Origin:
1350–1400; earlier morgage, ME < OF mortgage, equiv. to mort dead (< L mortuus) + gage pledge, gage 1
1350–1400; earlier morgage, ME < OF mortgage, equiv. to mort dead (< L mortuus) + gage pledge, gage 1

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