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 will not repudiate a promise to pay while he has money in bank or securities to hypothecate.

From The Pride of Palomar by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

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

True: she had mentioned some personal jewellery she planned to hypothecate.

From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph