- Centre of government - Chattel - Leading city - Main city - Metropolis - Money invested in Paris or London - Money to be invested in Washington, for example
- Butt of a rifle - Hoard - itemized list if everything you have - Reserve supply - shares a plant - The goods in a shop - The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed,
strong, firm part; the trunk.
- That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which
was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock,
being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the
account; -- called also counterstock. - The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in
which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding
part, which has been issued.
- A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the
owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the
ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment
of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates
her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the
lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive
the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it
may, and usually does, exceed the legal rate of interest. See
Hypothecation.