mortgagemortgage2 verb [transitiveT]1FINANCEto give a financial institution the right to own your house, property, or land if you do not pay back the money they lent you within the agreed timeThey mortgaged their home for $65,000 to a life insurance company and gave the cash to their children.
2be mortgaged to the hilt to have a very large mortgage in relation to the value of the property you own