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
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
She would get Carmen to hypothecate her own interest in this new company, if necessary.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
He had no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
