hypothec

== English == === Etymology === From Latin hypothēca (“pledge, mortgage”), from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē, “warning, pledge”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /haɪˈpɒθ.ɪk/, /hɪˈ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /haɪˈpɑ.θɪk/, /hɪˈ-/ Rhymes: -ɒθɪk === Noun === hypothec (usually uncountable, plural hypothecs) (law) In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent. (law) In Québec, a legal right over property used as security for an obligation, such as a mortgage. (colloquial) Everything; the whole lot. ...saddle and all, the whole hypothec turned round and grovelled in the dust below the donkey’s belly. ==== Related terms ==== hypothecate === References === Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879) by Robert Louis Stevenson