🏠foreclose

verb
/fɔːrˈkloʊz/

Meaning

to take possession of a property due to the owner's failure to keep up mortgage payments

Example Sentences

The bank decided to foreclose on the property after months of missed payments.

Example Expressions

foreclose on a mortgage

Synonyms

seize, repossess, confiscate, reclaim, appropriate

Antonyms

release, forgive, return

Collocations

foreclose on, bank forecloses, foreclose property, foreclose rights

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