Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

welsh mortgage

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: welsh -mort-gage
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of mortgage, being a conveyance of an estate, redeemable at any time on payment of the principal, with an understanding that the profits in the meantime shall be received by the mortgagee without account, in satisfaction of interest.

Example Sentences

"The possession of the mortgagee is of the very essence of the Welsh mortgage, and every receipt of rent is a receipt, by virtue of the contract[…]"

Inflected Forms

Welsh mortgages (plural)

Questions

What does welsh mortgage mean?: A kind of mortgage, being a conveyance of an estate, redeemable at any time on payment of the principal, with an understanding that the profits in the meantime shall be received by the mortgagee without account, in satisfaction of interest.

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