impignorationn.
/ɪmˌpɪɡnəˈreɪʃən/ The action or fact of impignorating; pledging, pawning, mortgage.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > [noun] > act of pawning
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1598 R. Hakluyt tr. King Richard II in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 151 All arrestments, reprisals, and impignorations of whatsoeuer goods and marchandises in England and Prussia..are from henceforth quiet, free, and released.
1626 Charges against Duke of Buckingham in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 347 A legal Impignoration, whereby the Estates personal and real of the Accomptants are made liable to be sold for the discharge of their debts.
1826 W. Scott Malachi Malagrowther ii The impignoration of moveables.
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