All 7 Uses of
mortgage
in
O Pioneers!
- He had paid off his mortgages and had ended pretty much where he began, with the land.†
Chpt 1.2
- Mortgage the homestead again?†
Chpt 1.5
- "I won't slave to pay off another mortgage.†
Chpt 1.5
- How do you propose to pay off your mortgages?†
Chpt 1.5
- You won't have to pay off your mortgages for six years.†
Chpt 1.5
- But how do you KNOW that land is going to go up enough to pay the mortgages and—†
Chpt 1.5
- All the time I was a boy we had a mortgage hanging over us.
Chpt 1.5 *mortgage = a real estate loan; or pledging something for a loan
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)