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

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

And then he pledged himself to hypothecate his entire fortune to the rescue of his worthless nephew.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

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