mortgage
UK ['mɔ:.gɪdʒ] US ['mɔ:r-] noun countable
IMPROVER
■an agreement which allows you to borrow money from a bank or similar organization, especially in order to buy a house or apartment, or the amount of money itself （尤指购房的）按揭，抵押贷款•They took out a £40 000 mortgage (= They borrowed £40 000) to buy the house.他们借了四万英镑的按揭贷款来买房子。 •a monthly mortgage payment每月偿付的按揭贷款
UK ['mɔ:.gɪdʒ] US ['mɔ:r-] verb transitive
■to borrow money to buy a house or apartment （房屋）做按揭贷款•The house was mortgaged up to the hilt (= The full value of the house had been borrowed).那所房子被完全抵押出去了。 |