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 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

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

In like case I might hypothecate, "To go light, discard all but the really necessary articles."

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward