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

He had no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Just hypothecate ten thousand of those Union Cordage shares and five thousand Western Trolley, and buy Consolidated on a twenty per cent margin.

From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Wilson, Harry Leon