Both Uses
mortgage
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- The acres not entailed were mortgaged to the hilt, and the little cash he made went to interest.
p. 23.6mortgaged = put up as collateral for a loan
- The Methodists were trying to pay off their church mortgage, and had challenged the Baptists to a game of touch football.
p. 105.5 *mortgage = real estate loan
Definitions:
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(1)
(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) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)