Mortgage



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解释

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• n. 抵押贷款;抵押证书; v. 用...作抵押

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English morgage, from Anglo-French mortgage, from mort dead (from Latin mortuus) + gage gage — more at murder
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a conveyance of or lien against property (as for securing a loan) that becomes void upon payment or performance according to stipulated terms
• 2.
  • a. the instrument evidencing the mortgage
  • b. the state of the property so mortgaged
  • c. the interest of the mortgagee in such property

II. transitive verb (mortgaged; mortgaging)

• Date: 15th century
• 1. to grant or convey by a mortgage
• 2. to subject to a claim or obligation ; pledge

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