Meaning Of The Word Mortgage

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Mortgage Meaning

Mortgage Definition
Mortgage Definition

What's The Definition Of Mortgage?

mortgage
A mortgage is a loan of money which you get from a bank or building society in order to buy a house.

mortgage in American English
the pledging of property to a creditor as security for the payment of a debt
to pledge (property) by a mortgage
noun: a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed
transitive verb: to convey or place (real property) under a mortgage

mortgage in British English
to pledge (a house or other property) as security for the repayment of a loan
adjective: of or relating to a mortgage
noun: 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

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