| 单词 | mortgage |
| 释义 | mortgage /mawr"gij/, n. , v. , mortgaged, mortgaging. n. 1. a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed. 2. the deed by which such a transaction is effected. 3. the rights conferred by it, or the state of the property conveyed. v.t. 4. Law. to convey or place (real property) under a mortgage. 5. to place under advance obligation; pledge: to mortgage one's life to the defense of democracy. [1350-1400; earlier morgage, ME < OF mortgage, equiv. to mort dead ( < L mortuus) + gage pledge, GAGE1] |
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