Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• HYPOTHECATE
  
  To pledge real or personal property as security for a loan or other obligation without surrendering possession of the property. The borrower retains the rights of control and possession, and the lender secures an underlying equitable right in the pledged property.
  
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