verpanden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hock noun The joint on the hind leg of an animal such as a horse, dog, or pig, roughly equivalent to an ankle.
- mortgage noun A loan used to buy property, where the property itself is used as security for the debt.
- pawn verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
- pledge verb To make a solemn promise to do something.
Senses
verpanden is used for these senses in English:
- hock (transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
- mortgage (transitive, legal) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.
- pawn (transitive) To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
- pledge To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
hock — full definition
- noun The joint on the hind leg of an animal such as a horse, dog, or pig, roughly equivalent to an ankle.
- verb To pawn an item as security for a loan.
- noun A white wine from the Rhine region of Germany.
mortgage — full definition
- noun A loan used to buy property, where the property itself is used as security for the debt.
- verb To borrow money against a property, or to risk something valuable in order to get an immediate benefit.