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“hypothec”
1. Security that is given to a creditor as a legal promise to repay a loan: A hypothec uses either lands or goods as assurance that a debt will be repaid, even though the property that is contracted remains in possession of the debtor.
2. Etymology: from Late Latin hypotheca, "deposit"; from Greek hupotheke, "a deposit, a pledge, a mortgage".
2. Etymology: from Late Latin hypotheca, "deposit"; from Greek hupotheke, "a deposit, a pledge, a mortgage".
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hypo-, hyp-
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theco-, thec-, the-, theca-, theci-, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecium, -theca, -thec, -thecal, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecs, -tecs
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