mortgage
n
(a) agreement in which money is lent by a building society, bank, etc for buying a house or other property, the property being the security 抵押; 抵押契據(jù)
apply for/take out a mortgage 申請[辦妥]抵押事宜
It's difficult to get a mortgage on an old house. 以舊房作抵押很難獲準.
[attrib 作定語]
a mortgage agreement/deed 抵押協(xié)議[契約].
(b) sum of money lent in this way 押款
We've got a mortgage of 40000. 我們得到40000英鎊的抵押借款.
[attrib 作定語]
monthly mortgage payments, ie money to repay the sum borrowed and the interest on it 按月償還抵押借款本息的錢. mortgage, v [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.pr] ~ sth (to sb) (for sth) give sb the legal right to take possession of (a house or some other property) as a security for payment of money lent 抵押(房產(chǎn)等)
He mortgaged his house in order to start a business, ie borrowed money with his house as a security. 他用房產(chǎn)押款創(chuàng)業(yè).
The house is mortgaged (to the bank) (for 30000). 這所房子已經(jīng)(以30000英鎊)(向銀行)作了抵押.