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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mortgage using movable personal property rather than real estate as security.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loan to buy some personal item; the item (or chattel) is security for the loan
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