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s | hypothecation |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun hypothecation is

the use of property, or an existing mortgage, as security for a loan, etc or hypothecation can be (british) a tax levied for a specific expenditure.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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    hypothecation

    English

    Etymology 1

    . (wikipedia hypothecation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the use of property, or an existing mortgage, as security for a loan, etc.
    • Derived terms
    * rehypothecation

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A tax levied for a specific expenditure
  • *{{quote-book, 1984, John R. Butler & Michael S. B. Vaile, Health and Health Services: An Introduction to Health Care in Britain, isbn=0710099029, page=68 citation
    • , passage=It is, however, precisely here that the weakness of hypothecation lies, for governments are not likely readily to surrender control over the disposition of taxes they impose.}}
  • *{{quote-book, 2006, Dominic Maxwell, The Citizen's Stake, chapter=Towards a citizen's inheritance, page=49 citation
    • , passage=So, strict hypothecation is only advisable when the tax pays entirely and only for that spending programme
  • *{{quote-book, 2006, , Motivation, Agency, and Public Policy citation
    • , passage=Either way, effectively the government is simply using the hypothecated tax as part of general revenue, and the hypothecation is a sham.}}