Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over to his creditor in security of his debt.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The inner half of the frustule of a diatom.
Etymologies
Examples
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The substantial pledge has been refined into the invisible rights of a mortgage or _hypotheca_; and the agreement of sale, for a certain price, imputes from that moment the chances of gain or loss to the account of the purchaser.
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The substantial pledge has been refined into the invisible rights of a mortgage or _hypotheca_; and the agreement of sale, for a certain price, imputes, from that moment, the chances of gain or loss to the account of the purchaser.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4
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The substantial pledge has been refined into the invisible rights of a mortgage or hypotheca; and the agreement of sale, for a certain price, imputes, from that moment, the chances of gain or loss to the account of the purchaser.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4
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