/ˈmɔ:gɪdʒ ||; ˈmɔrgɪdʒ/noun [C] money that you borrow in order to buy a house or flat （用于购买房屋的）抵押贷款: We took out a £40000 mortgage. 我们获得40000英镑抵押贷款。 You usually borrow money from a bank or a building society, who decide what rate of interest you must pay on the loan. 人们通常向银行(bank)或房屋互助协会(building society)借款。贷款(loan)应付的利率(rate of interest)由该等机构厘定。