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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarymort·gage I \ˈmȯr-gij\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English morgage, from Anglo-French mortgage, from mort dead (from Latin mortuus) + gage gage — more at murder DATE 15th century1. a conveyance of or lien against property (as for securing a loan) that becomes void upon payment or performance according to stipulated terms2. a. the instrument evidencing the mortgage b. the state of the property so mortgaged c. the interest of the mortgagee in such property II transitive verb (mort·gaged ; mort·gag·ing) DATE 15th century1. to grant or convey by a mortgage2. to subject to a claim or obligation : pledgeEnglish Etymologymortgage mortgage (n.) 1390, from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. morgage (13c.), mort gaige, lit. "dead pledge" (replaced in modern Fr. by hypothèque), from mort "dead" + gage"pledge;" so called because the deal dies either when the debt is paid or when payment fails. O.Frhttp://O.Fr. mort is from V.L. *mortus"dead," from L. mortuus, pp. of mori "to die" (see mortal). The verb is first attested 1467.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7mortgagemort·gage / 5mC:^idV; NAmE 5mC:r^- / noun (also informal 7home 'loan) a legal agreement by which a bank or similar organization lends you money to buy a house, etc., and you pay the money back over a particular number of years; the sum of money that you borrow 按揭(由银行等提供房产抵押借款)；按揭贷款: to apply for / take out / pay off a mortgage 申请/取得/还清抵押贷款 mortgage rates (= of interest) 按揭贷款利率 a mortgage on the house 一项房产按揭 a mortgage of £60 000 6 万英镑的按揭贷款 monthly mortgage repayments 每月偿还的按揭贷款 verb[VN] to give a bank, etc. the legal right to own your house, land, etc. if you do not pay the money back that you have borrowed from the bank to buy the house or land (以房地产)做按揭贷款的抵押: He had to mortgage his house to pay his legal costs. 他不得不把房子抵押出去来付诉讼费。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishmortgage noun ADJ. big, huge | small | cheap Banks often offer their employees cheap mortgages. | endowment, fixed-rate, repayment VERB + MORTGAGE have We've got a big mortgage. | get, raise (formal), take out They were having trouble getting a mortgage. We'll have to take out a second mortgage to pay for this holiday! | pay, pay off, redeem, repay He didn't earn enough to support his family and pay the mortgage. There are penalties if you want to redeem your mortgage early. | be in arrears with, fall behind with, get behind with They were in arrears with their mortgage, so their home was repossessed. MORTGAGE + NOUN (interest) payment, repayment They were struggling to keep up with their mortgage repayments. | rate a rise in mortgage rates | lender PREP. ~ of a mortgage of £80,000 | ~ on I couldn't get a mortgage on the property. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: verb Synonyms: PAWN, ||dip, hock, impignorate, pledge, ||pop, ||spoutWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedmort·gageI. \ˈmȯrgij, ˈmȯ(ə)g-, -gēj\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English morgage, from Middle French, from Old French, from mort dead (from Latin mortuus, past participle of mori to die) + gage security, gage — more at murder, gage1. a. : a conveyance of property upon condition (as security for the payment of a debt or the performance of a duty) that operates as a lien or charge securing the payment of the money or the performance of an obligation so that the mortgagee may under certain conditions take possession and may foreclose the property upon default, that becomes void upon payment or performance according to stipulated terms, and that leaves possession with the mortgagor and subjects the mortgagee's defeasible estate in the land to the equity of redemption and foreclosure rules of the equity courts — see chattel mortgage, equitable mortgage, first mortgage, installment mortgage, junior mortgage, leasehold mortgage, participating mortgage, purchase-money mortgage, second mortgage, trust mortgage; compare antichresis, equity of redemption, gage, hypothec, living pledge, pledge b. : the instrument by which a mortgage conveyance is made, the state of the property so conveyed, or the interest of the mortgagee in it2. : a binding obligation < however stridently the American writer may protest his Americanism … he can never pay off his mortgage to the past — Times Literary Supplement > < the first president … to feel unencumbered by any mortgage to Congress — W.E.Binkley >II. \“, esp in pres part -gəj\ transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s)1. : to grant or convey by a mortgage : make a mortgage conveyance of2. : to subject to a claim or obligation : pledge < found myself mortgaged to my father for about one hundred and fifty dollars — Roger Eddy > < a view of life … in which the individual is mortgaged to society — David Riesman >

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