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抵当 (ていとう, teitou) Japanese meaning: mortgage | Kotomora
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I borrowed money from the bank by putting up my house as collateral.
Registration is required to establish a mortgage right.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 抵てい 当とう に 入い れる to put something up as collateral/mortgage
He put up his house as collateral to borrow business funds.
〈 物もの 〉 に 抵てい 当とう を 設せっ 定てい する to establish a mortgage on something
The bank placed a mortgage on the land.
〈 物もの 〉 を 抵てい 当とう に 取と る to take something as security/mortgage
The lender took the car as collateral.
Related words 担保 is the general term for any kind of collateral or security, while 抵当 specifically means a mortgage or hypothec placed on real estate or other registered property.
質 refers to a pawned or pledged movable item (as at a pawnshop), whereas 抵当 refers to a formal mortgage on real property without transferring possession.
抵当 is the native Sino-Japanese legal term for a mortgage/pledge, whereas モーゲージ is the katakana loanword used mainly in finance contexts.
Etymology From Chinese 抵當 (dǐdàng), meaning to mortgage or pledge. The kanji 抵 means 'resist/balance' and 当 means 'appropriate/pawn', together conveying the idea of offsetting a debt with property.
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