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mortgage
in
The Devil and Daniel Webster
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So when—ahem—the mortgage falls due next year, you shouldn't have any regrets.†
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mortgage = a real estate loan; or pledging something for a loan
"Speaking of that mortgage, mister," said Jabez Stone, and he looked around for help to the earth and the sky, "I'm beginning to have one or two doubts about it."†
"Yes, sir," he said, "I'm beginning to have considerable doubts as to that mortgage holding in court."†
Jabez Stone allowed that it was a kind of mortgage case.†
"Well, I haven't pleaded a mortgage case in a long time, and I don't generally plead now, except before the Supreme Court," said Dan'l, "but if I can, I'll help you."†

Definitions:

(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)