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mortgagee

noun

Etymology

From mortgage + -ee.

  1. derived from *wadi✻ — “wager, pledge”
  2. derived from mortuum wadium
  3. derived from mort gage
  4. derived from morgage
  5. derived from mortgage
  6. inherited from morgage
  7. suffixed as mortgagee — “mortgage + ee”

Definitions

  1. One who provides a loan secured upon the borrowers' property

    One who provides a loan secured upon the borrowers' property: the lender in a mortgage agreement.

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