mort·gage

[mawr-gij] noun, verb, mort·gaged, mort·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.
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Origin:
1350–1400; earlier morgage, Middle English < Old French mortgage, equivalent to mort dead (< Latin mortuus) + gage pledge, gage1

o·ver·mort·gage, verb, o·ver·mort·gaged, o·ver·mort·gag·ing.
re·mort·gage, verb (used with object), re·mort·gaged, re·mort·gag·ing.
sub·mort·gage, noun
un·mort·gage, verb (used with object), un·mort·gaged, un·mort·gag·ing.
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mortgage (ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  an agreement under which a person borrows money to buy property, esp a house, and the lender may take possession of the property if the borrower fails to repay the money
2.  the deed effecting such an agreement
3.  the loan obtained under such an agreement: a mortgage of £48 000
4.  a regular payment of money borrowed under such an agreement: a mortgage of £247 per month
 
vb
5.  to pledge (a house or other property) as security for the repayment of a loan
 
adj
6.  of or relating to a mortgage: a mortgage payment
 
[C14: from Old French, literally: dead pledge, from mort dead + gage security, gage1]
 
'mortgageable
 
adj

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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
die" (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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Example sentences
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Some of it is cause by high prices for medical technologies or bad mortgages or
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And then came the trade that made his fortune: subprime mortgages.
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