(noun.) a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan.
(verb.) put up as security or collateral.
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双语例句
Faust advanced Gutenberg the sum of 2,020 florins, taking a mortgage on his printing materials as security. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Nothing was left save a few acres of ground, and the two-hundred-year-old house, which is itself crushed under a heavy mortgage. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.
The crown might immediately enjoy the revenue which this great price would redeem from mortgage. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The Northern people were tired of the war, they were tired of piling up a debt which would be a further mortgage upon their homes. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
Sometimes it has made this assignment or mortgage for a short period of time only, a year, or a few years, for example; and sometimes for perpetuity. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
In 1710, those duties were again prolonged to the first of August 1720, and were called the sixth general mortgage or fund. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
She brought me word they had no such sum to spare: I said they might mortgage their house in the loan office. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
Two-thirds of my income goes in paying the interest of mortgages. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
These are mortgaged for the interest of the debt contracted, in order to carry it on. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
So, sir, you've been paying ten per cent for money which you've promised to pay off by mortgaging my land when I'm dead and gone, eh? 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.