English

Noun

hypothec ‎(usually uncountable, plural hypothecs)

1. (law) In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.
2. (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

References

• Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879) by Robert Louis Stevenson