bottomry

ˈbɒtəmri

bottomries

Definition

Definition of bottomry - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

shipping finance

Dated

agreement where vessel pledges repayment only if voyage ends safely

Dated

They raised cash with a bottomry agreement before sailing to India.
Bottomry was a common form of maritime financing in the eighteenth century.
The museum display explained how bottomry shifted risk from shipowners to lenders.

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bottomry bond

loan secured by a ship as collateral

The captain signed a bottomry bond to repair the vessel.

Origin of bottomry

Dutch, bodem (bottom) + -rij (contract)

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French:grosse aventure, ...
German:Bodmerei, ...
Italian:contratto in cui la nave è data in garanzia e il debito è pagato solo se il viaggio va a buon fine, ...
Spanish:contrato a la gruesa, ...
Portuguese:caução marítima, ...
Chinese:以船舶为抵押、仅在航程安全结束时偿还的海上借款, ...
Japanese:ボトムリー, ...
Arabic:قَرضٌ بَحْرِيٌّ مَضمونٌ بِالسَّفِينَة, ...
Hebrew:בּוֹטוֹמֶרְיָה, ...
Russian:бодмерея, ...
Ukrainian:ботомрі, ...
Hindi:बॉटमरी अनुबंध, ...
Bengali:বটমরি, ...
Catalan:contracte de préstec marítim condicionat a l'arribada a port, ...
Czech:bodmerie, ...
Danish:bodmeri, ...
Dutch:bodemerij, ...
Greek:συμφωνία ναυτικού δανείου με εγγύηση το πλοίο, ...
Hungarian:fenékzálog, ...
Khmer:កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងខ្ចីប្រាក់ដោយដាក់នាវាជាវត្ថុធានា ដែលសងប្រាក់តែបើការធ្វើដំណើរតាមសមុទ្របញ្ចប់ដោយសុវត្ថិភាព, ...
Korean:선박을 담보로 한 항해 조건부 대출 계약, ...
Persian:قرض بحری, ...
Polish:pożyczka na dno statku, ...
Portuguese (BR):câmbio marítimo, ...
Romanian:împrumut maritim, ...
Swedish:bottenlån, ...
Thai:สัญญากู้ยืมที่ใช้ตัวเรือเป็นหลักประกันและชำระหนี้ต่อเมื่อการเดินเรือเสร็จสิ้นโดยปลอดภัย, ...
Turkish:deniz ödüncü, ...
Vietnamese:hợp đồng cầm cố thân tàu, ...

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