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Help us provide Turkeys to the less fortunate.

Icon Written by randall on October 5, 2011 – 2:44 pm

We want to fill our company vehicle. a 2005 Denali XL, with Turkeys to share with the local KCRA 3 Turkey Drive. Help us reach our goal of bringing more Turkeys than any other company. Register your guess to win a Gift Card for all correct guesses. We are looking to raise money to help [...]

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Mortgage Definition

Icon Written by randall on June 29, 2011 – 4:34 pm

— n 1. an agreement under which a person borrows money to buy property, or a house, and the lender may take possession of the property if the borrower fails to repay the money 2. the deed effecting such an agreement 3. the loan obtained under such an agreement 4. a regular payment of money borrowed under such an agreement — vb 5. to pledge (a house or other property) as security for the repayment of a loan — adj 6. of or relating to a mortgage: a mortgage payment [C14: from Old French, literally: dead pledge, from mort dead + gage security, gage 1 ] Word Origin & History mortgage 1390, from O.Fr. morgage  (13c.), mort gaige,  lit. ”dead pledge” (replaced in modern Fr. by hypothèque ), from mort  ”dead” + gage  ”pledge;”  so called because the deal dies either when the debt is paid or when payment fails. O.Fr. mort  is from V.L. *mortus  ”dead,” from L. mortuus,   pp. of mori  ”to die” (see mortal).  The verb is first attested 1467. Legal Dictionary Main Entry: mort·gage Pronunciation: ’mor-gij Function: noun Etymology: Anglo-French, from Old French, from mort dead (from Latin mortuus ) + gage security 1 a : a conveyance of title to property that is given to secure an obligation (as a debt) and that is defeated upon payment or performance according to stipulated terms mortgage —W. M.McGovern, Junior et al. > b : [...]