they live in a nenety-thousand-dollar mortgage, etc
John Grisham's "The Runaway Jury":
They lived in a nice suburb with a manicured lawn and a ninety-thousand-dollar mortgage, and they each drove Japanese cares, both of which were paid for.
question: 1. a ninety-thousand-dollar mortgage,
2. both of the cars were paid for,
thank you for your help and your time,

Question

they live in a nenety-thousand-dollar mortgage,  etc
John Grisham's "The Runaway Jury":
They lived in a nice suburb with a manicured lawn and a ninety-thousand-dollar mortgage, and they each drove Japanese cares, both of which were paid for. 
question: 1. a ninety-thousand-dollar mortgage, 
              2. both of the cars were paid for, 
thank you for your help and your time,

Answer

A ninety-thousand dollar mortgage means they still owed ninety thousand dollars on their home and had to make monthly payments to the bank. The cars were paid for, which means they did not have monthly car payments on a car loan.

Answer

1. The mortgage is worth $90,000.

2. When you buy a car you usually pay in installments. IN this case they paid the full price alrready. So the car is paid for.
This is in contrast to the house which is NOT paid for. They are still paying it off!

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