as in to commit
to obligate by prior agreement
I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party
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Plus, the Knicks’ draft cupboard is bare The Knicks mortgaged five first-round picks for Bridges, leaving their next potential first-rounder—a conditional pick from Washington—in doubt.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Speaking to parents of other childhood cancer patients, the senator heard poignant stories of families with no health care coverage, mortgaging their homes and going into debt because of the hand fate had dealt them.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Here's how a Fed rate cut could impact your credit card balance
Will mortgage interest rates drop this week?
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
Rather than mortgage the future for veterans like Kikuchi, Flaherty, Frankie Montas and Erik Fedde — three of whom will be free agents at the end of the season — the Twins made only one uninspiring move, sending a minor-league infielder to Toronto for veteran reliever Trevor Richards.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Speaking to parents of other childhood cancer patients, the senator heard poignant stories of families with no health care coverage, mortgaging their homes and going into debt because of the hand fate had dealt them.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Here's how a Fed rate cut could impact your credit card balance
Will mortgage interest rates drop this week?
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
Rather than mortgage the future for veterans like Kikuchi, Flaherty, Frankie Montas and Erik Fedde — three of whom will be free agents at the end of the season — the Twins made only one uninspiring move, sending a minor-league infielder to Toronto for veteran reliever Trevor Richards.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
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“Mortgage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortgage. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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