hypothec
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- Words With Friends
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/haɪˈpɒθ.ɪk/
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/haɪˈpɒθ.ɪk/ · /hɪˈ-/ · /haɪˈpɑ.θɪk/
Definition of hypothec
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable, usually)In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.
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noun
- (uncountable, usually)In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.
- (uncountable, usually)In Québec, a legal right over property used as security for an obligation, such as a mortgage.
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(colloquial, uncountable, usually)Everything; the whole lot.
“...saddle and all, the whole hypothec turned round and grovelled in the dust below the donkey’s belly.”
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Etymology
From Latin hypothēca (“pledge, mortgage”), from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē, “warning, pledge”).
Words you can make from hypothec
82 playable · top: COTYPE (13 pts)
Best play cotype 13 points5-letter words
6 words4-letter words
24 words3-letter words
37 words- HYP 11 pts
- HEH 9 pts
- HEY 9 pts
- HOY 9 pts
- THY 9 pts
- YEH 9 pts
- COY 8 pts
- HEP 8 pts
- HOP 8 pts
- OCH 8 pts
- PEH 8 pts
- PHO 8 pts
- PHT 8 pts
- POH 8 pts
- PYE 8 pts
- YEP 8 pts
- CEP 7 pts
- COP 7 pts
- PEC 7 pts
- ETH 6 pts
- HET 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HOT 6 pts
- THE 6 pts
- THO 6 pts
- TOY 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- COT 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- OPE 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TOP 5 pts
- TOE 3 pts
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