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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)
- All the time I was a boy we had a mortgage hanging over us.1.5 — Part 1 Chapter 5 (78% in)
mortgage = a real estate loan; or pledging something for a loan
- He had paid off his mortgages and had ended pretty much where he began, with the land.1.2 — Part 1 Chapter 2 (20% in)
- Mortgage the homestead again?1.5 — Part 1 Chapter 5 (31% in)
- "I won't slave to pay off another mortgage.1.5 — Part 1 Chapter 5 (32% in)
- How do you propose to pay off your mortgages?1.5 — Part 1 Chapter 5 (35% in)
- You won't have to pay off your mortgages for six years.1.5 — Part 1 Chapter 5 (40% in)
- But how do you KNOW that land is going to go up enough to pay the mortgages and—1.5 — Part 1 Chapter 5 (48% in)
There are no more uses of "mortgage" in O Pioneers!.
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