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Definition of mortgage verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mortgage verb  /ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ/  /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒ/ Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they mortgage	/ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ/  /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒ/
he / she / it mortgages	/ˈmɔːɡɪdʒɪz/  /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒɪz/
past simple mortgaged	/ˈmɔːɡɪdʒd/  /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒd/
past participle mortgaged	/ˈmɔːɡɪdʒd/  /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒd/
-ing form mortgaging	/ˈmɔːɡɪdʒɪŋ/  /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒɪŋ/

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1. mortgage something to give a bank, etc. the legal right to own your house, land, etc. if you do not pay the money back that you have borrowed from the bank to buy the house or land
   • He had to mortgage his house to pay his legal costs.
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   Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘dead pledge’, from mort (from Latin mortuus ‘dead’) + gage ‘pledge’.

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