Mortgage

['mɔːgɪdʒ] or ['mɔrɡɪdʒ]

解释:

(noun.) a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan.

(verb.) put up as security or collateral.

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解释:

(n.) A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made.

(n.) State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage.

(v. t.) To grant or convey, as property, for the security of a debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption.

(v. t.) Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation.

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同义词及近义词：

n. & v. a. Pledge (for the payment of a debt).

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解释:

n. a conditional conveyance of or lien upon land or other property as security for the performance of some condition as the payment of money becoming void on the performance of the condition: the act of conveying or the deed effecting it.—v.t. to pledge as security for a debt.—ns. Mortgagee′ one to whom a mortgage is made or given; Mort′gager.

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