hypothecate

VERB
  1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
    Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
  2. pledge without delivery or title of possession
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How To Use hypothecate In A Sentence

  • To pledge, hypothecate, sell of assign and otherwise encumber items as described above.
  • When the Senator is trapped in the coils of his own creation – did he hypothesize or hypothecate? Stromata Blog:
  • “He is trying to hypothecate the lot or any part of it at one-fifty.” The Titan
  • For example, both Scalia and Rehnquist misused the word “hypothecate,” apparently confusing it with the near homonym “hypothesize,” which, admittedly, a dictionary or two will give as a secondary definition (in my view, this merely a reification of the sound-alike confusion and reflects the descriptive (as opposed to prescriptive) philosophy of the editor). Business, Law, Economics & Society
  • A genuine hypothecated Medicare Levy might need to be at least 10% of income.
  • According to the Institute of Fiscal Studies, hypothecated taxes are a bit like shares - their value can go down as well as up.
  • The interesting aspect is that none of the ‘Maradonas’ is hypothecated to any financial institution.
  • The MVDI shareholders are to receive approximately 16 million shares of a to be issued new series of preferred shares that cannot be sold, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or converted to common shares for a period of at least three years. Undefined
  • Banks should carry out regular visits to the units and inspect securities that have been hypothecated to the banks, it said. RBI Asks Banks to Monitor Loans
  • We will only contribute to resources that are available to all members of the IMF around the world, we will not contribute to a fund that is hypothecated, that is directly linked to the euro zone," he said. Reuters: Top News
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