hypothecate

hypothecate is a 11-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry. Face value is 24 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 24 · Words With Friends 23 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry.
2. verb. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

   "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

   Synonyms: conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize

3. verb. pledge without delivery or title of possession

Synonyms

conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize

Common word forms

hypothecated, hypothecater, hypothecates, hypothecating

Words from these letters

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