(law) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.

(transitive, law) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.

simple past tense and past participle of mortgage

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mortgage

plural of mortgage

plural of mortgager

One who uses property they own as security for a loan; the borrower in a mortgage agreement.

That can be mortgaged.

The act by which something is mortgaged.

present participle of mortgage