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

There's all those shares we bought to-day which we ought to be able to hypothecate with somebody.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore

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

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis