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mortgage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmoɹ.ɡɪd͡ʒ/ (US)
  • /ˈmoːɡəd͡ʒ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈmɔːɡɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmoːɡɪd͡ʒ/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈmɔɾɡɪd͡ʒ/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English morgage and Middle French mortgage, from Anglo-Norman morgage, from Old French mort gage (“dead pledge”), after a translation of judicial Medieval Latin mortuum wadium, with wadium from Frankish *wadi (“wager, pledge”). Compare gage and also wage. So called because rents and profits from the land were owed to the lender for as long as the gage existed (comparable to interest on a loan today), as opposed to the living gage, in which rents and profits automatically reduced the debt (paying it off over time).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A legal agreement in which a borrower pledges real property as collateral for a loan used to purchase or refinance that property.
    • The appriser, therefore, (as the holder of a mortgage was then called,) entered upon possession, and in the language of Hotspur, "came me cranking in," and cut the family out of another monstrous cantle of their remaining property. 1815, Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1, page 19:
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The state of being pledged.
    • lands given in mortgage

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
morgage alternative lexicographic
mortgages Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

reverse mortgage · HELOC · loan · home loan

Deriveds

wraparound mortgage · dragnet mortgage · zombie mortgage · multimortgage · repayment mortgage · conventional mortgage loan · mortgage-backed security · mortgageless · jumbo mortgage · Welsh mortgage · endowment mortgage · endowment-linked mortgage · mortgage deed · mortgagor · mortgage-backed · mortgage bond · reverse mortgage · nonmortgage · anaconda mortgage · mortgage roll · shared appreciation mortgage · tracker mortgage · mortgage lender · liar's mortgage · mortgage belt · mortgage burner · mortgage packager · submortgage · mortgage insurance · mortgage lifter

Descendants

mōkete · morgaidse · morgais · моргейж

Relateds

hypothecation

Translations (125)

tg гаравхат (special form of secured loan) · uz ipoteka (special form of secured loan) · hu jelzálogkölcsön (special form of secured loan) · is veðlán (special form of secured loan) · da boliglån (special form of secured loan) · cmn 抵押 (special form of secured loan) · fa-ira رَهْن (special form of secured loan) · id hipotek (special form of secured loan) · mwl heipoteca (special form of secured loan) · tg гаравнома (special form of secured loan) · da realkredit (special form of secured loan) · rm ipoteca (special form of secured loan) · he מַשְׁכַּנְתָּא (special form of secured loan) · hy հիպոթեկ (special form of secured loan) · sw rehani (special form of secured loan) · lo ຈຳນອງ (special form of secured loan) · ko 저당권 (special form of secured loan) · arz رهن (special form of secured loan) · hi बंधक (special form of secured loan) · ca hipoteca (special form of secured loan) · fi kiinnelaina (special form of secured loan) · hsb hypoteka (special form of secured loan) · kmr îpotek (special form of secured loan) · cmn 按揭 (special form of secured loan) · ru ипоте́ка (special form of secured loan) · ko 저당 (special form of secured loan) · mn ипотек (special form of secured loan) · sl zastavitev (special form of secured loan) · kk ипотека (special form of secured loan) · ga morgáiste (special form of secured loan) · sq hipotekë (special form of secured loan) · sh хипоте́ка (special form of secured loan) · hi रेहन (special form of secured loan) · hu jelzáloghitel (special form of secured loan) · ky ипотека (special form of secured loan) · gd morgaidse (special form of secured loan) · fr hypothèque (special form of secured loan) · de Hypothek (special form of secured loan) · hi गिरवी (special form of secured loan) · gl hipoteca (special form of secured loan) · th จำนอง (special form of secured loan) · tt ипотека (special form of secured loan) · kmr rehîn (special form of secured loan) · oc empenhoradura (special form of secured loan) · da pant (special form of secured loan) · ms gadai janji (special form of secured loan) · be іпатэ́ка (special form of secured loan) · ar رَهْن (special form of secured loan) · tg ипотека (special form of secured loan) · ar رَهْن عَقَارِيّ (special form of secured loan) · mt ipoteka (special form of secured loan) · vi quyền cầm cố (special form of secured loan) · bg ипоте́ка (special form of secured loan) · enm morgage (special form of secured loan) · oc emprecairada (special form of secured loan) · la pignus (special form of secured loan) · es hipoteca (special form of secured loan) · nrf hypothèque (special form of secured loan) · it ipoteca (special form of secured loan) · ps ګرو (special form of secured loan) · pt hipoteca (special form of secured loan) · tg раҳн (special form of secured loan) · ur رَہْن (special form of secured loan) · ug رەنە (special form of secured loan) · fa-ira گِرُوْنامِه (special form of secured loan) · tr tutu (special form of secured loan) · et hüpoteek (special form of secured loan) · tr ipotek (special form of secured loan) · mfe ipotek (special form of secured loan) · cmn 抵押貸款 /抵押贷款 (special form of secured loan) · sl hipoteka (special form of secured loan) · sk hypotéka (special form of secured loan) · io hipoteko (special form of secured loan) · hu jelzálog (special form of secured loan) · la hypotheca (special form of secured loan) · ps رهن (special form of secured loan) · eo hipoteko (special form of secured loan) · lt ipoteka (special form of secured loan) · af verband (special form of secured loan) · nl hypotheek (special form of secured loan) · kw marwostel (special form of secured loan) · is húsnæðislán (special form of secured loan) · mi mōkete (special form of secured loan) · pl hipoteka (special form of secured loan) · mk хипоте́ка (special form of secured loan) · eu hipoteka (special form of secured loan) · ro ipotecă (special form of secured loan) · nb pantelån (special form of secured loan) · mn моргейж (special form of secured loan) · tr rehin (special form of secured loan) · sv hypotek (special form of secured loan) · fur ipoteche (special form of secured loan) · cy morgais (special form of secured loan) · el υποθήκη (special form of secured loan) · hi रहन (special form of secured loan) · tg гаравпулӣ (special form of secured loan) · kmr gerew (special form of secured loan) · ml പണയം (special form of secured loan) · tk ipoteka (special form of secured loan) · ia hypotheca (special form of secured loan) · ka იპოთეკა (special form of secured loan) · fa-ira گِرُوْ (special form of secured loan) · sh hipotéka (special form of secured loan) · gv gioaldeeaght (special form of secured loan) · cs hypotéka (special form of secured loan) · ka გირაო (special form of secured loan) · dsb hypoteka (special form of secured loan) · is fasteignalán (special form of secured loan) · ja 抵当権 (special form of secured loan) · fi asuntolaina (special form of secured loan) · ja 抵当 (special form of secured loan) · nb hypotek (special form of secured loan) · ur گِرْوی (special form of secured loan) · ast hipoteca (special form of secured loan) · az ipoteka (special form of secured loan) · grc ὑποθήκη (special form of secured loan) · lv hipotēka (special form of secured loan) · nb boliglån (special form of secured loan) · cmn 房貸 /房贷 (special form of secured loan) · uk іпоте́ка (special form of secured loan) · lb Hypothéik (special form of secured loan) · ja 住宅ローン (special form of secured loan) · ko 모기지 론 (special form of secured loan) · lo ຂອງຈຳນອງ (special form of secured loan) · km និក្ខេប (special form of secured loan)

mortgage en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmoɹ.ɡɪd͡ʒ/ (US)
  • /ˈmoːɡəd͡ʒ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈmɔːɡɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmoːɡɪd͡ʒ/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈmɔɾɡɪd͡ʒ/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English morgage and Middle French mortgage, from Anglo-Norman morgage, from Old French mort gage (“dead pledge”), after a translation of judicial Medieval Latin mortuum wadium, with wadium from Frankish *wadi (“wager, pledge”). Compare gage and also wage. So called because rents and profits from the land were owed to the lender for as long as the gage existed (comparable to interest on a loan today), as opposed to the living gage, in which rents and profits automatically reduced the debt (paying it off over time).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) 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; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.
    • to mortgage a property, an estate, or a shop
    • We mortgaged our house in order to start a company.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To pledge and make liable; to make subject to obligation; to achieve an immediate result by paying for it in the long term.
    • She mortgaged her future for the pleasures of the relationship with the sculptor, a relationship she knew would be short. 1982, Verne Moberg, The Truth and Work of Victoria Benedictsson, page 72:
    • Like a latter-day Faustus who has mortgaged his soul to the pursuit of his art, Harrison now desperately craves the paternal love from which his learning has estranged him. 2001, Antony Rowland, Tony Harrison and the Holocaust, page 193:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
morgage alternative lexicographic
mortgaged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mortgaged Tense=Past lexicographic
mortgaging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mortgages Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

unmortgage · mortgagor · nonmortgaged · mortgageable · remortgage · overmortgage

Relateds

mortgager · mortgagee

Translations (50)

hu jelzáloggal terhel (to borrow against a property) · he משכן (to borrow against a property) · eo hipoteki (to borrow against a property) · ast hipotecar (to borrow against a property) · arz رهن (to borrow against a property) · mi mōkete (to borrow against a property) · ca hipotecar (to borrow against a property) · tr rehin vermek (to borrow against a property) · de verpfänden (to borrow against a property) · nl verpanden (to borrow against a property) · nl hypothekeren (to borrow against a property) · gl hipotecar (to borrow against a property) · fr hypothéquer (to borrow against a property) · af verpand (to borrow against a property) · sv belåna (to borrow against a property) · pt hipotecar (to borrow against a property) · el υποθηκεύω (to borrow against a property) · kw marwostla (to borrow against a property) · sq hipotekoj (to borrow against a property) · cmn 抵押 (to borrow against a property) · de eine Hypothek aufnehmen (to borrow against a property) · sl zastaviti (to borrow against a property) · cy arwystlo (to borrow against a property) · cmn 質押 /质押 (to borrow against a property) · sv inteckna (to borrow against a property) · oc emprecairar (to borrow against a property) · cmn 按揭 (to borrow against a property) · fi kiinnittää (to borrow against a property) · io hipotekizar (to borrow against a property) · hi गिरवी (to borrow against a property) · hu jelzálogot tesz/tetet rá (to borrow against a property) · la pignerō (to borrow against a property) · ia hypothecar (to borrow against a property) · fur ipotecâ (to borrow against a property) · bg ипотеки́рам (to borrow against a property) · kk ипотекаға алу (to borrow against a property) · lb hypothekéieren (to borrow against a property) · nl lijfrente afsluiten (to borrow against a property) · pl obciążać hipotekę (to borrow against a property) · cy morgeisio (to borrow against a property) · rm prender si in'ipoteca (to borrow against a property) · hi रेहन (to borrow against a property) · tr ipotek vermek (to borrow against a property) · it ipotecare (to borrow against a property) · eu hipotekatu (to borrow against a property) · tr tutu vermek (to borrow against a property) · vi cầm cố (to borrow against a property) · ka დაგირავება (to borrow against a property) · hu elzálogosít (to borrow against a property) · th จำนอง (to borrow against a property)