mortgage

Noun

A legal agreement by which a bank or other creditor lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property, with the condition that the conveyance of title becomes void upon the payment of the debt.

ریشه

The word 'mortgage' comes from the Old French word 'mortgage', which is a combination of the Latin words 'mortuus' meaning 'dead' and 'gage' meaning 'pledge'.

مثال

• They took out a mortgage to buy their dream house.
• The bank approved their mortgage application.
• He struggled to keep up with the mortgage payments.