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L'hypothèque
A legal agreement by which a bank lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property.
Examples in context
Ils ont contracté une hypothèque sur trente ans.
They took out a thirty-year mortgage.
La banque a saisi la maison suite à l'hypothèque.
The bank seized the house due to the mortgage.
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