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delinquent
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noun
a young offender
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adjective
guilty of a misdeed
delinquent minors
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adjective
(= overdue)
past due; not paid at the scheduled time
an overdue installment
a delinquent account
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adjective
(= derelict, neglectful, remiss)
failing in what duty requires
derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
neglectful of his duties
remiss of you not to pay your bills
mortgage
Noun
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A mortgage is a loan for the purpose of paying for a house, apartment, building, etc.
For five-year adjustable-rate mortgages, interest rates rose to 5.58 percent.
They can't refinance because the mortgage is higher than the real value of their home.
Unlike traditional 30-year fixed mortgages, these loans are often adjustable.
Credit card, auto loan, and mortgage lenders, along with bankers, are being much more careful about their borrowers.
By November she had missed two of the monthly mortgage payments on the three-bedroom home.
mortgage
Verb
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If you mortgage your home, you borrow money and promise to give up your home if you can't pay back the money.
Henderson's parents mortgaged their house in Cuthbert to buy a piano for the front parlor.
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If you mortgage your future, you enjoy something now even though it will cause problems in the future.
We're mortgaging our children's future instead of investing in it.