Mortgage

mor′gāj, n. a conditional conveyance of or lien upon land or other property as security for the performance of some condition, as the payment of money, becoming void on the performance of the condition: the act of conveying, or the deed effecting it.— v.t. to pledge as security for a debt.— ns. Mortgagee′ , one to whom a mortgage is made or given; Mort′gager . [O. Fr., mort , dead, gage , a pledge.]