hypothec
About 0.02 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.
- noun In Québec, a legal right over property used as security for an obligation, such as a mortgage.
- noun Everything; the whole lot.
...saddle and all, the whole hypothec turned round and grovelled in the dust below the donkey’s belly.
Similar words
mortgage collateral challenge hypothecator hypothecation rentaller rehypothecation tack riding interest terce
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bank over is of on or for in and
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