hypothecate
Example Sentences
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But previous attempts to "hypothecate" - or earmark - National Insurance contributions for specific public services have been abandoned.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2024
If they had no property real or personal to hypothecate, they could borrow on their personal credit only from usurers, who charged 20% and more interest.
From Time Magazine Archive
He will not repudiate a promise to pay while he has money in bank or securities to hypothecate.
From The Pride of Palomar by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
He could buy certificates of city loan for the sinking-fund up to any reasonable amount, hypothecate them where he pleased, and draw his pay from the city without presenting a voucher.
From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore
She could hypothecate her income; sell her jewels.
From An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West by Rice, Alfred Ernest
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
