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bottomries

bottomries is the plural of bottomry.

Meaning of bottomry

Noun

bottomry (countable and uncountable, plural bottomries)

  1. An early form of maritime contract in which the owner of a ship could borrow money using the ship as collateral.
    • Section 10 states that, ‘The lender of money on bottomry and respondentia has an insurable interest in respect of the loan’. A lender on ‘bottomry’ is, as its name suggests, a person who advances money to a shipowner on the security of (the bottom [of]) the ship.1996, Susan Hodges, Law Of Marine Insurance, page 19

Questions about bottomries

What is bottomries the plural of?
Bottomries is the plural of bottomry.

Words near bottomries in the dictionary

  1. bottommost
  2. bottomness
  3. bottomonia
  4. bottomonium
  5. bottomoniums
  6. bottomries
  7. bottomry
  8. bottoms
  9. bottoms of the hour
  10. bottoms of the hours
  11. bottoms on

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