hypothecation
hypothecation noun: the use of property, or an existing mortgage, as security for a loan, etc.
Noun
hypothecation (countable and uncountable, plural hypothecations)
- The use of property, or an existing mortgage, as security for a loan, etc.
- After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a...1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, page 28
- A tax levied for a specific expenditure.
- It is, however, precisely here that the weakness of hypothecation lies, for governments are not likely readily to surrender control over the disposition of taxes they impose.1984, John R. Butler, Michael S. B. Vaile, Health and Health Services: An Introduction to Health Care in Britain, →ISBN, page 68
- So, strict hypothecation is only advisable when the tax pays entirely and only for that spending programme […]2006, Dominic Maxwell, “Towards a citizen's inheritance”, in The Citizen's Stake, →ISBN, page 49
hypothecation meaning in Tamil and Kannada
hypothecation in Tamil
- அடைமானம், ஒத்தி, ஒற்றி, கொதுவை, பிணையம்
hypothecation in Kannada
- ಅಡಮಾನಿಕೆ, ಅಡವಾಗಿಡುವುದು
Examples of hypothecation in a sentence
- Either way, effectively the government is simply using the hypothecated tax as part of general revenue, and the hypothecation is a sham.2006, Julian Le Grand, Motivation, Agency, and Public Policy, →ISBN, page 155:
- Indeed, some of the funding for the stations has come from hypothecation of monies received through Birmingham's Clean Air Zone charges.2025 October 1, Peter Plisner, “Closing in on Camp Hill reopening”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 46:
Forms of hypothecation
| plural | hypothecations |
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Origin of hypothecation
From hypothecate + -ion. From Latin hypothecatio, from hypotheco (“to pledge as collateral”), from Greek.
Words formed from hypothecation
Questions about hypothecation
- What does hypothecation mean?
- Hypothecation means the use of property, or an existing mortgage, as security for a loan, etc.
- What is hypothecation in Tamil?
- Hypothecation in Tamil is அடைமானம், ஒத்தி, ஒற்றி. See Hypothecation meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use hypothecation in a sentence?
- Either way, effectively the government is simply using the hypothecated tax as part of general revenue, and the hypothecation is a sham.
- What part of speech is hypothecation?
- Hypothecation is a noun.
- What is the plural of hypothecation?
- The plural of hypothecation is hypothecations.
Words near hypothecation in the dictionary
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