Past tense of mortgage
regular verb
The past tense of mortgage is mortgaged. The past participle is also mortgaged.
Forms of mortgage
| Base form (V1) | mortgage /ˈmɔːɡɪd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mortgaged |
| Past participle (V3) | mortgaged |
| Present participle | mortgaging |
| Third person singular | mortgages |
Mortgaged in a sentence
- We mortgaged our house in order to start a company.
- She mortgaged her future for the pleasures of the relationship with the sculptor, a relationship she knew would be short.1982, Verne Moberg, The Truth and Work of Victoria Benedictsson, page 72
- If mortgaged property is transferred, the amount of the mortgage is part of the boot.2008, Jeffrey H. Rattiner, Financial Planning Answer Book 2009, pages 6–43. From the entry boot
- Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries.1912, Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle, English Farming, Past and Present, page 322. From the entry bidding
Meaning of mortgage
- noun A legal agreement in which a borrower pledges real property as collateral for a loan used to purchase or refinance that property.
- noun The state of being pledged.
- verb To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.
Questions about the past tense of mortgage
- What is the past tense of mortgage?
- The past tense of mortgage is mortgaged.
- What is the past participle of mortgage?
- The past participle of mortgage is mortgaged.
- Is mortgage a regular or irregular verb?
- Mortgage is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mortgage (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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