Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mortgaging

/mˈɔɹɡɪdʒɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: mort-gag-ing
IPA: /mˈɔɹɡɪdʒɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act by which something is mortgaged.

verb

present participle and gerund of mortgage

Example Sentences

"Her road had again seemed to stretch out endless, she imagined that there might be hundreds and hundreds of such things that Edward was concealing from her – that they might necessitate more mortgagings, more pawnings of bracelets, more and always more horrors."

Etymology

Etymology tree English mortgage Middle English -ynge English -ing English mortgaging From mortgage + -ing.

Inflected Forms

mortgagings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce mortgaging?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɔɹɡɪdʒɪŋ/.
What does mortgaging mean?: The act by which something is mortgaged.
Where does mortgaging come from?: Etymology tree English mortgage Middle English -ynge English -ing English mortgaging From mortgage + -ing.

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