Foreclosure

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  • noun. The act of foreclosing, especially a legal proceeding by which a mortgage is foreclosed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of foreclosing; the act of depriving a mortgager of the right of redeeming his mortgaged estate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.
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  • noun. the proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments
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  • noun. the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
    • Word Usage
    "The average loan in foreclosure is 484 days delinquent, according to LPS Applied Analytics."
    cross-reference
    strict foreclosure  to open a foreclosure  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    legal proceeding  proceeding  proceedings  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    closure  composure  crozier  disclosure  enclosure  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    antitrust  bankruptcy  divorce  ebay  federal  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    arrestation  debarment  determent  deterrence  discouragement  
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