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foreclose

[ fawr-klohz, fohr- ]

verb (used with object)

foreclosed, foreclosing.
  1. Law.
    1. 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.
    2. to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage or pledge).
  2. to shut out; exclude; bar.
  3. to hinder or prevent, as from doing something.
  4. to establish an exclusive claim to.
  5. to close, settle, or answer beforehand.


verb (used without object)

foreclosed, foreclosing.
  1. to take away the right to redeem a mortgage or pledge.

foreclose

/ fÉ”Ëˈkləʊz; fÉ”Ëˈkləʊʒə /

verb

  1. law to deprive (a mortgagor, etc) of the right to redeem (a mortgage or pledge)
  2. tr to shut out; bar
  3. tr to prevent or hinder
  4. tr to answer or settle (an obligation, promise, etc) in advance
  5. tr to make an exclusive claim to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • foreclosure, noun
  • ´Ú´Ç°ù±ðˈ³¦±ô´Ç²õ²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ú´Ç°ù±ð·³¦±ô´Ç²õa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôî€Ð­´Ç°ù±ð·³¦±ô´Ç²õi²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of foreclose1

First recorded 1250–1300; Middle English foreclosen from Old French forclos, past participle of forclore “to exclude,†equivalent to for- “out†+ clore “to shut†(from Latin claudere )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of foreclose1

C15: from Old French forclore , from for- out + clore to close, from Latin claudere
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"To hold otherwise would be to completely foreclose the further development of music in that genre or for that purpose."

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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.

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And he didn’t foreclose a future bid for governor, keeping the possibility propped open with this rhetorical doorstop: “Never say never.â€

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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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With these comments, he was trying to foreclose arguments that a Biden commutation could be justified to rectify miscarriages of justice.

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