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submortgagees

submortgagees is the plural of submortgagee.

Meaning of submortgagee

Noun

submortgagee (countable and uncountable, plural submortgagees)

  1. One who provides a loan secured by a mortgagee's interest in a mortgage and in effect becomes the assignee of that mortgage.
    • Accordingly, the submortgagee can take no action against the ship or owner unless and until the underlying mortgage becomes enforceable.2016, David Osborne, Graeme Bowtle & Charles Buss, chapter 3, in The Law of Ship Mortgages, page 62

Questions about submortgagees

What is submortgagees the plural of?
Submortgagees is the plural of submortgagee.

Words near submortgagees in the dictionary

  1. submorphologies
  2. submorphology
  3. submortality
  4. submortgage
  5. submortgagee
  6. submortgagees
  7. submortgages
  8. submotif
  9. submotifs
  10. submotivation
  11. submotivations

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