Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypothecate

(transitive) To pledge (something) as surety for a loan; to pawn, mortgage. / (politics, Britain) To designate a new tax or tax increase for a specific expenditure

the use of property, or an existing mortgage, as security for a loan, etc.

(law) In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.

(Britain) A tax levied for a specific expenditure.

plural of hypothecation

(microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton

simple past tense and past participle of hypothecate

present participle of hypothecate

(law) One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.