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bottomry

noun

Meaning

  1. An early form of maritime contract in which owner of a ship could borrow money using the ship as collateral.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

maritime loan(English)gross adventure(English)respondentia(English)borrow(English)bearer bond(English)hypothecation(English)borrowing(English)suretyship(English)ship(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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