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
Others see it as a money grab in which the country is being mortgaged in the name of fighting criminal gangs.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
Masha confesses to an affair with married army officer Vershinin (James Lewis), while Andrey admits to having mortgaged the family home, without his sisters’ consent, to pay his gambling debts.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
As often as the home would appear in one of Cassavetes and Rowlands’ films, it would be mortgaged to free up funds to make another one.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
Scouting in stealth: Heat scouring for success (if) at No. 20 in NBA draft
ASK IRA: Is practicing prudence essential in Heat not mortgaging future in a Durant deal?
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
Masha confesses to an affair with married army officer Vershinin (James Lewis), while Andrey admits to having mortgaged the family home, without his sisters’ consent, to pay his gambling debts.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
As often as the home would appear in one of Cassavetes and Rowlands’ films, it would be mortgaged to free up funds to make another one.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
Scouting in stealth: Heat scouring for success (if) at No. 20 in NBA draft
ASK IRA: Is practicing prudence essential in Heat not mortgaging future in a Durant deal?
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
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Ibarra, who is committed to Army, ran to the right on his 75-yard score and found a lane between pulling linemen Jackson Turek and Braiden McKenna.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Walpole needed a better finishing touch again as Murphy blanked them in the second quarter, and Providence-commit Shannon Lane tallied an equalizer for Canton before the break.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the 2015 season, the two veteran leaders pledged to take a trip to South Africa together if the Broncos made the Super Bowl.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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After the factory closed, Cano joined litigation involving Sae-A Trading, another Korean company which used to purchase KOA Modas’s apparel on Target’s behalf and, after a lengthy legal battle, pledged to fulfill the vast majority of severance payments.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Mortgage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortgage. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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