mortgage

B2Frequent NGSL-3

UK /ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ/US /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒ/

Meaning

noun

a legal agreement by which a bank or similar organization lends you money to buy a house, etc., and you pay the money back over a particular number of years; the sum of money that you borrow

“to apply for/take out/pay off a mortgage”

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“never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.”

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“Because when you are as talented as I know all of you are, it it is so easy to wake up one day and find yourself in golden handcuffs with a mortgage”

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