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foreclosure

/fɔːɹˈkləʊʒ.əɹ/noun3 syllables

Foreclosure means: the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default.

What does foreclosure mean?1

noun

1

the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with foreclosure?5

two syllables

closure

three syllables

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Foreclosure in a sentence

  • Anyone may bid on properties sold at a foreclosure sale.CM
  • When Tom lost his job, he couldn't keep up his mortgage repayments and he was threatened with foreclosure.patgfisher

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Forms of foreclosure

as a noun

plural
foreclosures