mortgage

noun/ˈmɔrɡɪdʒ/

Frequency rank: #2,477 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A loan of money used to buy a house, paid back over many years.

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Example sentence

She worked hard to pay off her mortgage before retiring.

Synonyms & related words

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