n. a legal agreement by which a sum of money is lent for the purpose of buying buildings or land; v. to offer buildings or land as security for a loan
We have a mortgage on our house.
We have a mortgage on our house.
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Quantitative easing by the Fed has taken mortgage rates down to low levels.
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The spike in mortgage rates will dramatically reduce housing affordability.
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The debtors begged the bank for a few more months to pay their mortgage.
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The mortgage is amortizable.
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Besides paying off the mortgage on the farm, what else was Daniel going to do with his money?
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He had not paid his mortgage making his home foreclosable.
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The bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home.
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loan; security; lien
paid off; full ownership
2 syllables
mort-gage
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