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foreclose
[ fawr-klohz, fohr- ]
verb (used with object)
- Law.
- to deprive (a mortgagor or pledgor) of the right to redeem their property, especially on failure to make payment on a mortgage when due, ownership of property then passing to the mortgagee.
- to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage or pledge).
- to shut out; exclude; bar.
- to hinder or prevent, as from doing something.
- to establish an exclusive claim to.
- to close, settle, or answer beforehand.
verb (used without object)
- to take away the right to redeem a mortgage or pledge.
foreclose
/ fɔːˈkləʊz; fɔːˈkləʊʒə /
verb
- law to deprive (a mortgagor, etc) of the right to redeem (a mortgage or pledge)
- tr to shut out; bar
- tr to prevent or hinder
- tr to answer or settle (an obligation, promise, etc) in advance
- tr to make an exclusive claim to
Derived Forms
- foreclosure, noun
- ڴǰˈDz, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ڴǰ·Dza· adjective
- ԴDzЭǰ·DziԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of foreclose1
Word History and Origins
Origin of foreclose1
Example Sentences
We cannot return to Mosaic law, but there’s evident wisdom here: People’s futures should not be foreclosed forever because of past injustice.
"To hold otherwise would be to completely foreclose the further development of music in that genre or for that purpose."
Within a year and a half, she’d fallen behind and Vanderbilt was trying to foreclose on both her home and the family-owned land she used to secure the mortgage, the suit said.
And he didn’t foreclose a future bid for governor, keeping the possibility propped open with this rhetorical doorstop: “Never say never.”
She later moved to Glendale and then Pasadena, where in 2019, after being ill for months and missing mortgage payments, she said the bank foreclosed on her home.
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