Etymology
Origin of hypothecary
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This hypothecary, or whatever you call it, is put up seriously.
From Back to Methuselah by Bernard Shaw
There is a national bank in Serajevo, which carries on a hypothecary credit business and manages the wholesale trade of the tobacco factories.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
The Loan was for 200 millions of pesetas in hypothecary bonds of the Philippine Treasury, bearing 6 per cent, interest, redeemable at par in 40 years.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
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