• vt. 抵押
• n. 抵押
• 房屋抵押貸款

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)mort gage,死亡承諾，來(lái)自mort,死亡，詞源同mortal,gage,承諾，詞源同engage,wage.比喻用法，即直到死亡也會(huì)履行的承諾。用于指古代的抵押資產(chǎn)以換取借款的經(jīng)濟(jì)行為，即現(xiàn)代意義上的按揭。

mortgage

mortgage: [14] Mortgage means literally ‘dead pledge’. It comes from Old French mortgage, a compound formed from mort ‘dead’ and gage ‘pledge’ (source of English gage and closely related to English wage). The notion behind the word is supposedly that if the mortgagor fails to repay the loan, the property pledged as security is lost, or becomes ‘dead’, to him or her.
=> mortal, wage

mortgage (n.)

late 14c., morgage, "conveyance of property as security for a loan or agreement," from Old French morgage (13c.), mort gaige, literally "dead pledge" (replaced in modern Frech by hypothèque), from mort "dead" (see mortal (adj.)) + gage "pledge" (see wage (n.)). So called because the deal dies either when the debt is paid or when payment fails. Old French mort is from Vulgar Latin *mortus "dead," from Latin mortuus, past participle of mori "to die" (see mortal (adj.)). The -t- restored in English based on Latin.

mortgage (v.)

late 15c., from mortgage (n.). Related: Mortgaged; mortgaging.

1. Jennie took in a lodger to help with the mortgage.

珍妮收了一個(gè)房客，以減輕按揭的負(fù)擔(dān)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Thousands of its customers are in arrears with loans and mortgage payments.

有數(shù)千客戶拖欠其貸款和抵押貸款還款。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery.

抵押貸款利率最近的回升可能會(huì)扼殺房地產(chǎn)的復(fù)蘇。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. The bank foreclosed on the mortgage for his previous home.

銀行取消了他先前住房的抵押贖回權(quán)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. I sometimes find it a strain to be responsible for the mortgage.

我有時(shí)覺得背負(fù)這筆抵押貸款很有壓力。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句