hypothec

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
20
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/haɪˈpɒθ.ɪk/
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/haɪˈpɒθ.ɪk/ · /hɪˈ-/ · /haɪˈpɑ.θɪk/

Definition of hypothec

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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

  1. (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.
  2. (uncountable, usually)In Québec, a legal right over property used as security for an obligation, such as a mortgage.
  3. (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”).

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