hypothecation

Definitions

Accounting

• noun an arrangement in which property such as securities is used as collateral for a loan but without transferring legal ownership to the lender, as opposed to a mortgage, where the lender holds the title to the property
• noun an action of earmarking money derived from specific sources for related expenditure, as when investing taxes from private cars or petrol sales solely on public transport

Economics

• noun the use of property such as securities as collateral for a loan without transferring legal ownership to the lender (as opposed to a mortgage, where the lender holds the title to the property)
• noun the linking of a tax to a particular service, such as earmarking road taxes for the upkeep of roads.

Health Economics

• synonymearmarking
  (written as Hypothecation)
• Associating particular forms of tax with particular forms of expenditure. It is usually seen as a bad thing by politicians, since it reduces their discretion, and a good thing by libertarians, for the same reason.

Agriculture

• noun the process of identifying an animal by attaching a tag to its ear

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Contexts for “hypothecation”

7 definitions in context
• Accounting
• Economics
• Health Economics
• Agriculture