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What does hypothecate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hypothecate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To pledge (something) as surety for a loan; to pawn, mortgage.
  2. (politics) To designate a new tax or tax increase for a specific expenditure
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Similarly, a spouse may not, without the consent of the other spouse, alienate, hypothecate or remove from the family residence the movable property serving for the use of the household.
It was impossible to hypothecate mining securities of any description in Nevada or San Francisco.
Or how it makes sense for ministers to hypothecate a specific unpalatable budget cut with possible new spending when everyone knows there are many options available to reduce spending.
She would get Carmen to hypothecate her own interest in this new company, if necessary.
Is each undivided co-owner free to hypothecate his or her share of property alone?
That is, he proposed to hypothecate the vectigalia from the new provinces formed by Pompey in the East for five years.

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