"foreclose" meaning in English

See foreclose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌfɔːˈkləʊz/ [UK], /ˌfɔrˈkloʊz/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Typheuss-foreclose.wav [Australia] Forms: foreclose [canonical], forecloses [third-person, singular], foreclosed [past], foreclosed [past, participle], foreclosing [present, participle]
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  1. If a bank forecloses on a mortgaged property, it repossess it as the owner failed to make the necessary payments.
    Sense id: simple-foreclose-en-verb-Ny-Kjfwf Categories (other): Law
     
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