Definitions for mortgage
ˈmɔr gɪdʒmort·gage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. mortgageverb

   a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan

2. mortgageverb

   put up as security or collateral

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mortgagenoun

   A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.

   We're renting a property in the city centre because we can't afford to get a mortgage yet.

2. mortgageverb

   As in "to mortgage a property", 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.

3. Etymology: From mortgage, mortgage, from mort gage, after mortuum vadium.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mortgagenoun

   Etymology: mort and gage, French.

   1. A dead pledge; a thing put into the hands of a creditor.

   Th’ estate runs out, and mortgages are made,
   Their fortune ruin’d, and their fame betray’d. Dryden.

   The Romans do not seem to have known the secret of paper credit, and securities upon mortgages. Arbuthnot.

   The broker,
   Bent on some mortgage, to avoid reproach,
   He seeks bye-streets, and saves th’ expensive coach. John Gay.

   2. The state of being pledged.

   The land is given in mortgage only, with full intention to be redeemed within one year. Francis Bacon, Office of Alienation.

2. To Mortgageverb

   To pledge; to put to pledge; to make over to a creditor as a security.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Let men contrive how they disentangle their mortgaged souls. Decay of Piety.

   They make the widows mortgag’d ox their prey. George Sandys.

   Their not abating of their expensive way of living, has forced them to mortgage their best manors. Arbuthnot.

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1. mortgage

   A mortgage is a legal agreement or loan contract, in which a bank or financial institution lends money to a borrower, typically to buy property or real estate. The borrower agrees to pay back the loan, plus interest, over a set period of time, and the property or real estate is used as collateral or security for the loan. If the borrower fails to repay the loan, the lender has the right to take possession of the property.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mortgagenoun

   a conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made

2. Mortgagenoun

   state of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage

3. Mortgageverb

   to grant or convey, as property, for the security of a debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption

4. Mortgageverb

   hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation

5. Etymology: [F. mort-gage; mort dead (L. mortuus) + gage pledge. See Mortal, and Gage.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mortgage

   mor′gāj, n. a conditional conveyance of or lien upon land or other property as security for the performance of some condition, as the payment of money, becoming void on the performance of the condition: the act of conveying, or the deed effecting it.—v.t. to pledge as security for a debt.—ns. Mortgagee′, one to whom a mortgage is made or given; Mort′gager. [O. Fr., mort, dead, gage, a pledge.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mortgage

   a deed conveying property to a creditor as security for the payment of a debt, the person to whom it is given being called the Mortgagee.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MORTGAGE

   From Fr. _mort_, death, and Eng. _gag_, to choke. A lawyer's invention for choking property to death.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mortgage

   A registered ship, or share therein, which has been made a security for a money-loan, or other valuable consideration, is termed a mortgage in the Merchant Shipping Act.

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1. mortgage

   This free and simple mortgage calculator lets you estimate your monthly house payment, including principal and interest, taxes and insurance costs.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'mortgage' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3696

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'mortgage' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1753

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'mortgage' in Nouns Frequency: #1265

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mortgage in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mortgage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of mortgage in a Sentence

1. Adam Challis:

   Mortgage rates will remain structurally low and supportive of market growth for the next couple of years.

2. Jeff Tucker:

   Mortgage rates are really critical to the path of the housing market in the year ahead, we are watching to see affordability gradually improve. That should breathe some life back into the market.

3. Solomon Greene:

   Most renters don't know what kind of mortgage their landlord has.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   I think this is a much more complicated issue than pointing to any one piece of legislation and saying well if we just pass that everything would be fine, if you go back and look at what happened in the great recession, it was mortgage companies, it was insurance companies, it was non-commercial banking entities, who were as big if not bigger contributors to the collapse. So I am not interested in just saying there is one answer to the too-big-to-fail problem.

5. Freddie Mac:

   The normalization of the economy continues as mortgage rates jumped to the highest level since the emergence of the pandemic, rate increases are expected to continue due to a strong labor market and high inflation, which likely will have an adverse impact on homebuyer demand.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mortgage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mortgage
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mortgage
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mortgage
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=mortgage
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Mortgage
8. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=mortgage
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=mortgage