Hypothecate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To pledge (property) as security or collateral for a debt without transfer of title or possession.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To pledge (something) as surety for a loan; to pawn, mortgage.
  • v. To designate a new tax or tax increase for a specific expenditure
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See hypothecation, bottomry.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To pledge to a creditor in security for some debt or demand, but without giving the creditor corporeal control; mortgage, leaving the owner in possession.
  • To put in pledge by delivery, as stocks or effects of any kind, as security for a debt or other obligation.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  • v. pledge without delivery or title of possession
    • Verb Form
    hypothecated    hypothecates    hypothecating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pledge   
    Variant
    hypothecation    bottomry   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pledge   
     
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