hypothecation
Example Sentences
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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
The only other resources we have under the circumstances are the banks, and they, as I understand it, are pretty much involved with stock on hypothecation.
From The Titan by Theodore Dreiser
Peculiar forms of assignments In certain cases we shall find a sort of hypothecation of property, as when it is assigned as security, but not given up.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
