Definition of Hypothecate

1. Verb. Pledge without delivery or title of possession.

Generic synonyms: Pledge

2. Verb. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. "They hypothecate that there was a traffic accident "; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

Definition of Hypothecate

1. v. t. To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry.

Definition of Hypothecate

1. Verb. (legal) To pledge property or an existing mortgage as surety for a loan ¹

2. Verb. (politics British) To designate a new tax or tax increase for a specific expenditure ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypothecate

1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypothecate

hypothalamic sulcus
hypothalamically
hypothalamo-hypophyseal system
hypothalamocerebellar fibres
hypothalamohypophysial
hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation
hypothalamohypophysial portal system
hypothalamohypophysial tract
hypothalamus
hypothec
hypotheca
hypothecae
hypothecal
hypothecaries
hypothecary
hypothecate (current term)
hypothecated
hypothecates
hypothecating
hypothecation
hypothecations
hypothecator
hypothecators
hypothecs
hypothenar
hypothenar eminence
hypothenar prominence
hypothenusal
hypothenuse
hypothenuses

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