hypothecation
Example Sentences
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Even though that’s what would happen under the current system of hypothecation of tax revenues in the US.
From Forbes ● Jun. 10, 2014
Chancellor Gordon Brown was persuaded, against his instincts, to agree to "hypothecation" – earmarking certain taxes specifically for schools and hospitals.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2011
There are strong democratic, political and economic arguments for the hypothecation of tax to support causes that have both government and public approval.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2010
Peculiar forms of assignments In certain cases we shall find a sort of hypothecation of property, as when it is assigned as security, but not given up.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
All agreed that the faith of the State must be preserved; this plan appeared to him preferable to a hypothecation of bonds, which would have to be redeemed and the interest paid.
From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 by Abraham Lincoln
