hypothecation

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Even though that’s what would happen under the current system of hypothecation of tax revenues in the US.

From Forbes • Jun. 10, 2014

Chancellor Gordon Brown was persuaded, against his instincts, to agree to "hypothecation" – earmarking certain taxes specifically for schools and hospitals.

From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2011

There are strong democratic, political and economic arguments for the hypothecation of tax to support causes that have both government and public approval.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2010

Brokers often hold such stock in the brokerage firm's name, and if the customer signs a "hypothecation agreement"�as he is frequently asked to�the broker has the right to borrow from banks on his stock.

From Time Magazine Archive

Either, by hypothecation on advances made during the year, he secures a legal pre-emption in the crop, or, by initiatory contract, he becomes an actual partner of limited liability in the crop itself.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 by Various