hypothecate

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. pledge without delivery or title of possession Source: wordnet

3. v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds Source: wordnet

4. 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. He had found the treasury empty and the pay of the navy in arrear. He had no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue. Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. Macaulay. Source: webster

5. To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagementwithout delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledgewithout delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or otherpersonal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation,Bottomry.He had found the treasury empty and the pay of the navy in arrear. Hehad no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue. Those wholent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. Macaulay. Source: adambom

6. v. pledge without delivery or title of possession Source: ecdict

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