Usually means: Loan secured by ship's value.
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  1. bottomry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. bottomry: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bottomry: Wordnik
  4. bottomry: Wiktionary
  5. bottomry: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. bottomry: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. bottomry: Dictionary.com
  8. Bottomry: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Bottomry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. bottomry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Bottomry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. bottomry: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. bottomry: FreeDictionary.org
  14. bottomry: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. bottomry: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bottomry: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. bottomry: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. Bottomry: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bottomry)

▸ noun:  (nautical) An early form of maritime contract in which the owner of a ship could borrow money using the ship as collateral.

Similar:
maritime loan, gross adventure, respondentia, borrow, bearer bond, hypothecation, suretyship, pledge, marine interest, charter, more...

Opposite:
topmost, highest, uppermost

Types:
maritime, ship, vessel, boat, more...

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Similar:
maritime loan, gross adventure, respondentia, borrow, bearer bond, hypothecation, suretyship, pledge, marine interest, charter, more...

Opposite:
topmost, highest, uppermost

Types:
maritime, ship, vessel, boat, more...



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