foreclosure
/fɔːɹˈkləʊʒ.əɹ/
foreclosure noun: the proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments.
Noun
foreclosure (countable and uncountable, plural foreclosures)
- The proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments.
- The absence of a symbolic father for a fatherless child, as a cause for psychosis.
foreclosure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
foreclosure in Hindi
- फोरक्लोज़र, फोरक्लोजर
foreclosure in Tamil
- முன்முடிப்பு
foreclosure in Urdu
- فورکلوژر
foreclosure in Bengali
- ফোরক্লোজার, ফোরক্লোজ়ার
More languagesFewer languages
- foreclosure in Malayalam
- ജപ്തി japti
- foreclosure in Punjabi
- ਫੋਰਕਲੋਜ਼ਰ
- foreclosure in Gujarati
- ફોરક્લોઝર
- foreclosure in Nepali
- फोरक्लोजर, फोरक्लोसर
- foreclosure in Tagalog
- pagsamsam ng nakasangla
Forms of foreclosure
| plural | foreclosures |
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Origin of foreclosure
From foreclose by analogy with closure, equivalent to fore- + closure.
Words formed from foreclosure
Questions about foreclosure
- What does foreclosure mean?
- Foreclosure means the proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments.
- What is foreclosure in Hindi?
- Foreclosure in Hindi is फोरक्लोज़र, फोरक्लोजर. See Foreclosure meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is foreclosure?
- Foreclosure is a noun.
- How do you pronounce foreclosure?
- Foreclosure is pronounced /fɔːɹˈkləʊʒ.əɹ/.
- What is the plural of foreclosure?
- The plural of foreclosure is foreclosures.
Words near foreclosure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: foreclosure (page history and authors); foreclosure (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreclosure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foreclosure (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreclosure (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ജപ്തി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); foreclosure (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreclosure (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreclosure (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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