MORTGAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mortgage mean? 

• MORTGAGE (noun)
  The noun MORTGAGE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MORTGAGE used as a noun is very rare.

• MORTGAGE (verb)
  The verb MORTGAGE has 1 sense:

1. put up as security or collateral

  Familiarity information: MORTGAGE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORTGAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("mortgage" is a kind of...):

security interest (any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mortgage"):

first mortgage (a mortgage that has priority over all mortgages and liens except those imposed by law)

second mortgage (a mortgage that is subordinate to a first mortgage)

chattel mortgage (a loan to buy some personal item; the item (or chattel) is security for the loan)

Derivation:

mortgage (put up as security or collateral)

• MORTGAGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mortgage    ... he / she / it mortgages   
Past simple: mortgaged   
Past participle: mortgaged   
-ing form: mortgaging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put up as security or collateral

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "mortgage" is one way to...):

owe (be in debt)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mortgage"):

bond (issue bonds on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mortgage (a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan)

mortgagee (the person who accepts a mortgage)

mortgager; mortgagor (the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid)

 Context examples 

Or you may hear from your bank about a mortgage that has been approved for you with attractive interest terms.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He had condescended to mortgage as far as he had the power, but he would never condescend to sell.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Two-thirds of my income goes in paying the interest of mortgages.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

His blood might pay off a mortgage or send a son to college.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Mr. Jonas Oldacre then informed me that there were a number of documents—building leases, title-deeds, mortgages, scrip, and so forth—which it was necessary that I should see and understand.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nothing was left save a few acres of ground, and the two-hundred-year-old house, which is itself crushed under a heavy mortgage.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If you need a mortgage or want to negotiate company benefits, like better health insurance than the one you have now, this month would be a good time to tackle that question.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This means that if you applied for a loan or mortgage, you may now hear that you are approved.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are buying a house, you are likely to secure an attractive mortgage from the bank.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This would be a good month to apply for a loan, line of credit, a mortgage or to refinance your mortgage, or to secure a car or home improvement loan.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)