Word: mortgagees
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mort
ga
gees
Definition: Plural of mortgagee; the person who accepts a mortgage
Morphemes:
Affix: mortgage
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mortuum
Language: la
Decoded: mortuum
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: faint, overwhelmed.
Affix: vadium
Language: la
Decoded: vadium
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A pledge or security; bail.
Affix: -ee
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.