mortgage
To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the…To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.
» I have a big mortgage.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.
to mortgage a property, an estate, or a shop
We mortgaged our house in order to start a company.
verpfänden, eine Hypothek aufnehmen
(figuratively, transitive)To pledge and make liable; to make subject to obligation; to achieve an immediate result by paying for it in the long term.
- put up as security or collateral
Examples
49 sentencesI have a big mortgage.
I don't have a mortgage.
deIch habe keine Hypothek.
Tom and Mary mortgaged their house.
ruТом и Мэри заложили свой дом.
I mortgaged my house.
ruЯ заложил свой дом.
Tom mortgaged his house.
deTom hat eine Hypothek auf sein Haus aufgenommen.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English morgage and Middle French mortgage, from Anglo-Norman morgage, from OlFrom Middle English morgage and Middle French mortgage, from Anglo-Norman morgage, from Old French mort gage (“dead pledge”), after a translation of judicial Medieval Latin mortuum wadium, with wadium from Frankish *wadi (“wager, pledge”). Compare gage and also wage. So called because rents and profits from the land were owed to the lender for as long as the gage existed (comparable to interest on a loan today), as opposed to the living gage, in which rents and profits automatically reduced the debt (paying it off over time).
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Forms
mortgages, mortgaging, mortgaged, mortgagedWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle