Both Uses
mortgage
in
Middlemarch
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- So, sir, you've been paying ten per cent for money which you've promised to pay off by mortgaging my land when I'm dead and gone, eh?†
Chpt 1mortgaging = pledging as collateral (something that has to be given to the lender if the loan isn't paid as agreed)
- Whether it's mortgage or purchase they're going for, I can't tell yet.†
Chpt 4 *mortgage = a real estate loan; or pledging something for a 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)