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Examples of mortgagee in a Sentence
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Given the city’s own financial situation, Johnson can’t afford to do much, if anything, to directly help these tenants and mortgagees.
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Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Many ground leases say the ground tenant and its leasehold mortgagee cannot be affiliated or related in any way.
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Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
The kicker on the new loans will be an entirely new concept: Principal repayment is due only upon death of the mortgagee!
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Scott Burns, Dallas News, 31 Dec. 2020
Warren's plan also includes a suite of bankruptcy protections and pro-borrower policies, including allowing people to modify their mortgagees in bankruptcy.
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Zak Hudak, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1584, in the meaning defined above
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“Mortgagee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mortgagee. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
mortgagee
noun
mort·gag·ee
ˌmȯr-gi-ˈjē
: a person to whom property is mortgaged
Legal Definition
mortgagee
noun
mort·gag·ee
ˌmȯr-gi-ˈjē
: a party (as a business or individual) to whom or in whose favor property is mortgaged
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