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Definition
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)
(collateral is something that has to be given to the lender if the loan isn't paid as agreed)
- The Methodists were trying to pay off their church mortgage, and had challenged the Baptists to a game of touch football.p. 121.9
mortgage = real estate loan
- The acres not entailed were mortgaged to the hilt, and the little cash he made went to interest.p. 27.9
mortgaged = put up as collateral for a loan
There are no more uses of "mortgage" in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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