Mortgage
['mɔːgɪdʒ] or ['mɔrɡɪdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan.
(verb.) put up as security or collateral.
班森編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
手打:托德
同義詞及近義詞:
n. & v. a. Pledge (for the payment of a debt).
贺拉斯校對
解釋/意思:
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.
埃塞尔手打
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream that you give a mortgage on your property, denotes that you are threatened with financial upheavals, which will throw you into embarrassing positions. To take, or hold one, against others, is ominous of adequate wealth to liquidate your obligations. To find yourself reading or examining mortgages, denotes great possibilities before you of love or gain. To lose a mortgage, if it cannot be found again, implies loss and worry.
手打:胡里奥
娱乐性解釋/意思:
From Fr. mort, death, and Eng. gag, to choke. A lawyer's invention for choking property to death.
編輯:厄休拉
例句/造句/用法:
- Faust advanced Gutenberg the sum of 2,020 florins, taking a mortgage on his printing materials as security. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Nothing was left save a few acres of ground, and the two-hundred-year-old house, which is itself crushed under a heavy mortgage. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The crown might immediately enjoy the revenue which this great price would redeem from mortgage. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The Northern people were tired of the war, they were tired of piling up a debt which would be a further mortgage upon their homes. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Sometimes it has made this assignment or mortgage for a short period of time only, a year, or a few years, for example; and sometimes for perpetuity. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In 1710, those duties were again prolonged to the first of August 1720, and were called the sixth general mortgage or fund. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- She brought me word they had no such sum to spare: I said they might mortgage their house in the loan office. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Two-thirds of my income goes in paying the interest of mortgages. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- These are mortgaged for the interest of the debt contracted, in order to carry it on. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- So, sir, you've been paying ten per cent for money which you've promised to pay off by mortgaging my land when I'm dead and gone, eh? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
錄入:威廉姆斯