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

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

For it must be clearly understood that Paul is not asking us to fancy, or imagine, or hypothecate.

From The Theology of Holiness by Clark, Dougan

Therefore they had drawn lots to determine which should hypothecate his overcoat in order to raise funds.

From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various