meaning of hypothecates
1. To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry.
2. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in
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Related Words
hypothecate | hypothecated | hypothecating | hypothecation | hypothecator |
