hypothecate

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (transitive) To pledge (something) as surety for a loan; to pawn, mortgage.
  2. (British) To designate a new tax or tax increase for a specific expenditure.
  3. (Australia) To designate in advance the specific purpose of expenditure for government revenues (especially taxes).

Concepts

admettre comme hypothèse

se douter de

faire des hypothèses

Prononcé comme (IPA)
/hʌɪˈpɒθɪkeɪt/
Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin hypothecatus, past participle of hypotheco, hypothecare. This was in turn derived from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē, “pledge”), from the verb ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi, “to pledge as surety”).

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