How to Use "Mortgage" with Example Sentences

mortgage (n): a loan given by the bank to buy a house

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Used with verbs:

"I have a 30-year mortgage on my house."
(have, got, took out, refinanced)

"We cannot pay off the mortgage this month."
(pay off, pay)

Used with nouns:

"We have a high mortgage payment."
(payment, debt, insurance, interest rate)

"We filled out a mortgage application."
(application)

"She is a mortgage broker."
(broker, banker)

"She works for a mortgage company."
(company, lender)

"We are getting a mortgage loan on the house."
(loan)

Used with adjectives:

"We have a monthly mortgage."
(monthly, home, residential, big, huge, small)

"I took out a second mortgage."
(second, third)

"She got an adjustable-rate mortgage."
(adjustable-rate, fixed-rate, variable-rate, reverse)

Used with prepositions:

"We put a mortgage on our house."
(on)

"We pay a mortgage of $3,000 each month."
(of)