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endowment mortgage

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noun

an arrangement whereby a person takes out a mortgage and pays the capital repayment instalments into a life assurance policy and only the interest to the mortgagee during the term of the policy. The loan is repaid by the policy either when it matures or on the prior death of the policyholder

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So as a "mature" student with a full grant and a fashionable endowment mortgage, compared to the average 25-year-old today, I was living the dream.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2013

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