mortgage
verb/ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ/
/ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mortgage | /ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ/ /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it mortgages | /ˈmɔːɡɪdʒɪz/ /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple mortgaged | /ˈmɔːɡɪdʒd/ /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒd/ |
| past participle mortgaged | /ˈmɔːɡɪdʒd/ /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form mortgaging | /ˈmɔːɡɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- mortgage something 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
- He had to mortgage his house to pay his legal costs.
More Like This Silent lettersSilent lettersWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘dead pledge’, from mort (from Latin mortuus ‘dead’) + gage ‘pledge’.
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