English Explanatory Dictionary

mortgage burner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A cash crop or choice of livestock regarded as the best bet for a smallholder farmer in some particular time and place (under current market conditions).

Word forms

mortgage burner mortgage burners

Etymology

From the notion of burning the mortgage note (promissory note) after paying off the mortgage.

Synonyms

mortgage lifter

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