All 3 Uses of
mortgage
in
Arrowsmith
- Live and let live and mind your own business is my motto, and that's what I said to Alec Ingleblad the other day when I was in there having a shave and he was trying to get funny about our holding so many mortgages, but I'll be blamed if I'm going to allow a fellow that I don't know anything about to come snooping around My Sister till I find out something about his prospects!†
Chpt 9
- I swear, it don't hardly pay to invest in mortgages any longer.†
Chpt 14 *
- And mortgages bringing six, seven, and eight!†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(mortgage) a real estate loan; or to offer real estate as collateral for a loan
(collateral is something that has to be given to the lender if the loan isn't paid as agreed)