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MORTGAGEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mortgagee mean?
• MORTGAGEE (noun)
The noun MORTGAGEE has 1 sense:
1. the person who accepts a mortgage
Familiarity information: MORTGAGEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The person who accepts a mortgage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
mortgage holder; mortgagee
Context example:
the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home
Hypernyms ("mortgagee" is a kind of...):
creditor (a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists)
holder (a person who holds something)
Derivation:
mortgage (put up as security or collateral)
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"Thank who gives you and give who thanks you." (Arabic proverb)
"Just toss it in my hat and I'll sort it to-morrow." (Dutch proverb)