All 4 Uses of
mortgage
in
The Cherry Orchard
- [Snores, but wakes up again at once] But still, dear madam, if you could lend me ...240 roubles ...to pay the interest on my mortgage to-morrow ... VARYA†
Act 1mortgage = a real estate loan; or pledging something for a loan
- Two hundred and forty roubles ... to pay the interest on the mortgage.
Act 1 *
- Leonid Andreyevitch had only fifteen thousand roubles, and Deriganov offered thirty thousand on top of the mortgage to begin with.†
Act 3
- I bid ninety more than the mortgage; and it stayed with me.†
Act 3
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)