rehypothecation
Definition
US practice in securities trading whereby (under certain circumstances) a broker may use securities in his or her possession (but owned by a customer) as collateral to raise a loan to cover a short position.
rehypothecation is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance, Investing and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
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