mortgage
♦♦ mort|gage /m'ɔːrgɪdʒ/ (mortgages mortgaging mortgaged)
1 [N-COUNT] oft N n
A mortgage is a loan of money which you get from a bank or building society in order to buy a house.
...an increase in mortgage rates.
2 [VERB] V n
If you mortgage your house or land, you use it as a guarantee to a company in order to borrow money from them.
They had to mortgage their home to pay the bills.
1 [N-COUNT] oft N n
A mortgage is a loan of money which you get from a bank or building society in order to buy a house.
...an increase in mortgage rates.
2 [VERB] V n
If you mortgage your house or land, you use it as a guarantee to a company in order to borrow money from them.
They had to mortgage their home to pay the bills.