- foreclose
- /fɔ:'kləυz/ verbto acquire a property because the owner cannot repay money which he or she has borrowed (using the property as security)
Dictionary of banking and finance. 2015.
Dictionary of banking and finance. 2015.
foreclose — fore‧close [fɔːˈkləʊz ǁ fɔːrˈkloʊz] verb 1. [intransitive] BANKING PROPERTY FINANCE if a bank or building society forecloses, it takes possession of someone s property because they have failed to pay back an agreed part of a loan … Financial and business terms
foreclose — fore·close /fōr klōz/ vb [Anglo French forclos, past participle of foreclore to preclude, prevent, from fors outside + clore to close] vt: to subject to foreclosure proceedings vi: to foreclose a mortgage or other security interest compare… … Law dictionary
Foreclose — Fore*close , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreclosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foreclosing}.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris outside) + F. clore to close. See {Foreign}, and {Close}, v. t.] To shut up … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foreclose — [fôr klōz′] vt. foreclosed, foreclosing [ME forclosen < OFr forclos, pp. of forclore, to exclude < fors (< L foris: see DOOR), outside + clore (< L claudere), CLOSE3] 1. to shut out; exclude; bar 2. to extinguish the right to redeem… … English World dictionary
foreclose — (v.) late 13c., from O.Fr. forclos, pp. of forclore exclude (12c.), from fors out (Mod.Fr. hors; from L. foris outside; see FOREIGN (Cf. foreign)) + clore to shut (see CLOSE (Cf. close) (v.)). Senses i … Etymology dictionary
foreclose — ► VERB 1) take possession of a mortgaged property as a result of defaults in mortgage payments. 2) rule out or prevent. DERIVATIVES foreclosure noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «bar from escaping», «shut out»: from Old French forclore shut… … English terms dictionary
foreclose — v. (D; intr.) to foreclose on (they will foreclose on us) ( they will foreclose our mortgage ) * * * [fɔː kləʊz] (D; intr.) to foreclose on ( they will foreclose our mortgage ; they will foreclose on us) … Combinatory dictionary
foreclose — UK [fɔː(r)ˈkləʊz] / US [fɔrˈkloʊz] verb [intransitive] Word forms foreclose : present tense I/you/we/they foreclose he/she/it forecloses present participle foreclosing past tense foreclosed past participle foreclosed legal to take someone s… … English dictionary
foreclose — fore|close [fo:ˈkləuz US fo:rˈklouz] v [I ] technical [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: forclos, past participle of forclore, from fors outside + clore to close ] if a bank forecloses, it takes away someone s property because they have… … Dictionary of contemporary English
foreclose — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French forclos, past participle of forclore, forsclore, from fors outside (from Latin foris) + clore to close more at forum Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to shut out ; preclude 2. to hold… … New Collegiate Dictionary
foreclose — foreclosable, adj. /fawr klohz , fohr /, v., foreclosed, foreclosing. v.t. 1. Law. a. to deprive (a mortgagor or pledgor) of the right to redeem his or her property, esp. on failure to make payment on a mortgage when due, ownership of property… … Universalium