单词 | bottomry |
释义 | bottomry[ bot-uhm-ree ] / ˈbɒt əm ri / noun, plural bot·tom·ries.Marine Law.a contract, of the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship borrows money to make a voyage, pledging the ship as security. Origin of bottomry1615–25; modeled on Dutch bodemerij, equivalent to bodembottom + -erij-ry Words nearby bottomrybottom of the ladder, bottom-of-the-line, bottom out, bottom quark, bottom round, bottomry, bottomset bed, bottoms up, bottom time, bottom-up, bottom-up processing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bottomryBritish Dictionary definitions for bottomrybottomry / (ˈbɒtəmrɪ) / noun plural -riesmaritime law a contract whereby the owner of a ship borrows money to enable the vessel to complete the voyage and pledges the ship as security for the loan Word Origin for bottomryC16: from Dutch bodemerij, from bodem bottom (hull of a ship) + -erij -ry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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