word-vault/dist/data/cards/mo/mortgage.json

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{
    "term": "mortgage",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a legal agreement by which a bank or similar organization lends you money to buy a house, etc., and you pay the money back over a particular number of years; the sum of money that you borrow",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)especially British Englishespecially North American English(North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English also)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **apply for/take out/pay off a mortgage**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "mortgage rates *(= of interest)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He raised the money by taking out a second mortgage on his house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a mortgage of £60 000"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's been having trouble keeping up with his monthly mortgage repayments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We weren't earning enough to pay the mortgage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't get a mortgage on the property."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are penalties if you want to redeem your mortgage early."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They fell behind with/​on their mortgage, so their home was repossessed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were having trouble getting a mortgage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were struggling to keep up with their mortgage payments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have a big mortgage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'll have to take out a second mortgage to pay for this holiday!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rise in mortgage rates"
                },
                {
                    "text": "mortgage interest payments"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fortunately we've already paid off our mortgage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mortgage rates are up again this month."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money", "Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "huge", "small"],
                "verb + mortgage": ["have", "hold", "buy"],
                "mortgage + noun": ["payment", "repayment", "application"],
                "preposition": ["mortgage of", "mortgage on"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ/",
                "audio": "mo/mortgage/mortgage__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒ/",
                "audio": "mo/mortgage/mortgage__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘dead pledge’, from mort (from Latin mortuus ‘dead’) + gage ‘pledge’."
}