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hypothecate
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hypothecate
To pledge securities as collateral for a loan without giving up ownership of the securities. See also rehypothecate.

Hypothecate
To pledge an asset as collateral on a loan without the lender taking possession of the collateral. It especially applies to mortgages: the borrower hypothecates when he/she pledges the house as collateral for payment of the mortgage, or he/she may hypothecate the mortgage in order to borrow against the value of the house. In both situations the borrower retains the house, but the lender has the right to take possession if the borrower does not service the debt. Hypothecation also occurs in trading: a broker will allow an investor to borrow money to purchase securities with those securities as collateral. The investor owns the securities but the broker may take them if the debt is not serviced, or if the value of the securities falls below a certain level. See also: Foreclosure, Margin account.

hypothecate

To give a security interest in specific real or personal property while retaining possession of the property. Contrast with a pawnshop, in which one surrenders possession of the security,or a loan against negotiable securities such as stocks and bonds,which could be sold by the borrower if the lender did not require possession in itself.



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Citibank, and JB Oxford are enjoined from trading, selling, transferring, assigning or otherwise hypothecating any or all of the 4,000,000 shares of stock in their, or their agents possession and that the 4,000,000 shares be immediately returned to the Company's transfer agent, TranSecurities International.
 
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