mortgage
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Synonyms: mortgagee, morgage, mortage, montage, mortsafe, portage, mortgagor, mortgager, mortgaged, mortgages, remortgage
Antonyms: mortgagee, morgage, mortage, montage, mortsafe, portage, mortgagor, mortgager, mortgaged, mortgages, remortgage
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Noun
- {{lb|en|legal|real estate}} A [[legal]] [[agreement]] in which a [[borrower]] [[pledge]]s [[real property]] as [[collateral]] for a [[loan]] [[use]]d to [[purchase]] or [[refinance]] that [[property]].
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[state]] of being [[pledge]]d.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive|legal}} 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.
- {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To pledge and make liable; to make subject to obligation; to achieve an immediate result by paying for it in the long term.
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