All 3 Uses
mortgage
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My Antonia
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- Peter told his troubles to Mr. Shimerda: he was unable to meet a note which fell due on the first of November; had to pay an exorbitant bonus on renewing it, and to give a mortgage on his pigs and horses and even his milk cow.†
Book 1mortgage = a real estate loan; or pledging something for a loan
- Now everything was plastered with mortgages.†
Book 1 *mortgages = real estate loans; or pledges something for a loan
- The Black Hawk money-lender who held mortgages on Peter's livestock was there, and he bought in the sale notes at about fifty cents on the dollar.†
Book 1
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)