Scots Law. ‘The conveyance of land in pledge for, or in satisfaction of, a debt or obligation, with a reserved power to the debtor to recover his…

Law. The creation of an interest in (originally the conveyance of) real or personal property by a debtor (called the mortgagor) to a creditor…

A lien on land or property; mortgage. Obsolete.

‘A security established by law in favour of a creditor over a subject belonging to his debtor, while the… In ancient Roman law.

The state of being encumbered; concrete an encumbrance, embarrassment, trouble, annoyance; spec. an encumbrance (on an estate), a mortgage.

= mortgage, n.

(a) U.S. a bond secured by a mortgage and issued by a mortgage lender; (b) South African a mortgage (sense 2a).

Australian slang. A mortgage.