0 the Government National Mortgage Association: a US government organization that guarantees (= promises to pay back) loans of particular home buyers if they are not paid back, allowing the organization that lent the money to make more loans:
Ginnie Mae funds invest in federally guaranteed mortgages, whose principal and interest payments are assured by the government.
1 a bond issued by the Government National Mortgage Association:
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.