mortgage

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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Recent Examples on the Web In other words, the sports industry is mortgaging its very existence for cash in hand. Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 How low will mortgage rates drop after the Fed cuts rates? Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2024 Listen to this article With injuries to Christian Scott and Kodai Senga last week, the Mets needed supplemental rotation help and weren’t willing to mortgage the farm to get it. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024 The film, an $100 million passion project that Costner mortgaged his land to make, earned $5.5 million over the weekend, bringing its domestic total to a disastrous $22.2 million. Brent Lang, Variety, 7 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for mortgage 

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“Mortgage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortgage. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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