mortgagee
noun
1 mortgagee
The person who accepts a mortgage:
— The bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home.
synonym: mortgage holder.
Roget 805:
credit,
trust,
tick,
score,
tally,
account.
letter of credit,
circular note;
duplicate;
mortgage,
lien,
debenture,
paper credit,
floating capital;
draft,
lettre de creance [Fr.],
securities.
creditor,
lender,
lessor,
mortgagee;
dun;
usurer.
credit account,
line of credit,
open line of credit.
credit card.
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Roget 779:
possessor,
holder;
occupant,
occupier;
tenant;
person in possession,
man in possession
etc.
777;
renter,
lodger,
lessee,
underlessee†;
zemindar†,
ryot†;
tenant on sufferance,
tenant at will,
tenant from year to year,
tenant for years,
tenant for life.
owner;
proprietor,
proprietress,
proprietary;
impropriator†,
master,
mistress,
lord.
land holder,
land owner,
landlord,
land lady,
slumlord;
lord of the manor,
lord paramount;
heritor,
laird,
vavasour†,
landed gentry,
mesne lord†;
planter.
cestui-que-trust [Fr.],
beneficiary,
mortgagor.
grantee,
feoffee†,
releasee [Law],
relessee†,
devisee;
legatee,
legatary†.
trustee;
holder of the legal estate
&c.;
mortgagee.
right owner,
rightful owner.
[Future possessor]
heir presumptive,
heir apparent;
heiress;
inheritor,
inheritress,
inheritrix;
reversioner†,
remainderman†.
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Dutch: hypotheekhouder
Moby thesaurus: Shylock, banker, bill collector, collection agent, credit man, creditor, creditress, debtee, dun, dunner, godchild, goddaughter, godson, insuree, lender, loan officer, loan shark, loaner, money broker, moneylender, moneymonger, mortgage holder, mortgage-holder, note-holder, pawnbroker, policyholder, usurer, warrantee ... show more.
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