as in to commit
to obligate by prior agreement
I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party
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Recent Examples of mortgage
Clooney had to mortgage his house to help finance the black-and-white film, which received six Oscar nominations, including for best screenplay.
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Thea Traff, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
For starters, the first year for a new coaching staff with a roster coming off a five-win season seems like an odd time to mortgage the future for the present.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
The team also didn’t completely mortgage its future just in case this doesn’t work out.
—Mike D. Sykes, Ii, For The Win, 3 Feb. 2025
Enacting real property rights in space would create a marketplace for buying, selling, renting and mortgaging property.
—Wayne N White Jr, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
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Thea Traff, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
For starters, the first year for a new coaching staff with a roster coming off a five-win season seems like an odd time to mortgage the future for the present.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
The team also didn’t completely mortgage its future just in case this doesn’t work out.
—Mike D. Sykes, Ii, For The Win, 3 Feb. 2025
Enacting real property rights in space would create a marketplace for buying, selling, renting and mortgaging property.
—Wayne N White Jr, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
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But by the time Mo returned for its second season, this past January, the massacre Hamas committed on Israeli soil on that day in 2023 had catalyzed a war that has decimated Gaza.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
3 June 2025
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Good leaders and employees commit to clear objectives and the approach to achieving them.—
Megan Leasher,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own.—
Calvin Woodward,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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The suspect, who was killed in a gunfight with police, had pledged support for ISIS, according to investigators.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
8 June 2025
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“Mortgage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortgage. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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