Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mortgagee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: mort-gagee
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who provides a loan secured upon the borrowers' property: the lender in a mortgage agreement.

Etymology

From mortgage + -ee.

Inflected Forms

mortgagees (plural)

Derived Forms

comortgagee submortgagee

Frequently Paired Words

mortgager mortgagor

Synonyms

mortgage holder

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does mortgagee mean?: One who provides a loan secured upon the borrowers' property: the lender in a mortgage agreement.
Where does mortgagee come from?: From mortgage + -ee.

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