hypothecate

  • 21hypothecate —    (from Greek: pledge)    A term for using property as security for a loan (i.e., creating a secured debt) while the borrower continues to retain possession of the property. Normal mortgages function in this way; another example is a shipper who …

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  • 22hypothecate — /hapoӨokeyt/ To pledge property as security or collateral for a debt. Generally, there is no physical transfer of the pledged property to the lender, nor is the lender given title to the property; though he has the right to sell the pledged… …

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  • 23hypothecate — /hapoӨokeyt/ To pledge property as security or collateral for a debt. Generally, there is no physical transfer of the pledged property to the lender, nor is the lender given title to the property; though he has the right to sell the pledged… …

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  • 24hypothecate — To enter into a contract whereby certain specified real or personal property is designated as security for the performance of an act, without any transfer of the possession of the property. Spect v Spect, 88 Cal 437, 26 P 203 …

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  • 25hypothecate — v.tr. pledge, mortgage. Derivatives: hypothecation n. Etymology: med.L hypothecare (as HYPOTHEC) …

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  • 26Hypothecated — Hypothecate Hy*poth e*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hypothecated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hypothecating}.] [LL. hypothecatus, p. p. of hypothecare to pledge, fr. L. hypotheca pledge, security. See {Hypotheca}.] (Law) To subject, as property, to liability… …

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  • 27Hypothecating — Hypothecate Hy*poth e*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hypothecated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hypothecating}.] [LL. hypothecatus, p. p. of hypothecare to pledge, fr. L. hypotheca pledge, security. See {Hypotheca}.] (Law) To subject, as property, to liability… …

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  • 28hypothesize — hypothecate, hypothesize The correct word for ‘to form a hypothesis’ is hypothesize, and it is used with or without an object or with a that clause: • Quick to learn, quick to grasp concepts and to hypothesize, they need the best minds to provide …

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  • 29pawn — 1 / pȯn/ n 1 a: a pledge and transfer of possession of movable or personal property to a creditor which gives the creditor the privilege of satisfying the debt from the property (as by selling it) if the debt is not repaid within a specified… …

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  • 30mortgage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pledge, security, encumbrance, loan, bond, debenture; promise. v. borrow, pledge, hypothecate. See debt. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lease, title, debt; see contract . Types of mortgages include:… …

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