Dictionary
reverse' annu'ity mort"gage
a type of home mortgage under which an elderly homeowner is allowed a long-term loan in the form of monthly payments against his or her paid-off equity as collateral, repayable when the home is eventually sold.
Abbr.: RAM Also called
equity conversion, reverse mortgage. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.