mortgage
Definition
- n. a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- v. put up as security or collateral
Word forms
- Past participle
- mortgaged
- Present participle
- mortgaging
- Past tense
- mortgaged
- Third person singular
- mortgages
Example sentences
n.
Before buying the house, I had to apply for a mortgage from the bank.
vt.
He decided to mortgage his property to get the funds for his new business.