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

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

There is nothing for it but to hypothecate a part of my stock in the X National.

From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by Eggleston, George Cary

It has always seemed to me pertinent to enquire, when Golcondas and Eldorados are offered for a song, why the vendor should be so anxious to hypothecate his priceless privileges.

From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by McFee, William