Definitions For Hypothec

Noun

HYPOTHEC (plural - or s) (legal) In scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent. (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

Etymology

From {{bor, en, la, hypothēca, t=pledge, mortgage}}, from {{der, en, grc, ὑποθήκη, t=warning, pledge}}.

Is Hypothec a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

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Scrabble
21
Words with Friends
20

The word Hypothec is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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