hypothecate

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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 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

Therefore they had drawn lots to determine which should hypothecate his overcoat in order to raise funds.

From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various

I must hypothecate produce, and protect my correspondents.

From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various