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repo

/ˈɹɛpoʊ/

repo is the clipping of repossession.

repo is the clipping of repositioning.

repo is the clipping of repurchase A type of agreement which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate.

repo is the clipping of repository.

Meaning of repossession

Noun

repossession (countable and uncountable, plural repossessions)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being repossessed.
  2. (countable) The act of repossessing.

Meaning of repositioning

Noun

repositioning (plural repositionings)

  1. The act by which something is repositioned.
    • Work is planned as far as possible so that the last engine to arrive on one of the maintenance tracks is the first out, to avoid unnecessary shunting and the re-positioning of locomotives still receiving attention.1960 July, “New Eastern Region diesel depot at Finsbury Park”, in Trains Illustrated, page 423

Verb

repo (third-person singular simple present repos, present participle repoing, simple past and past participle repoed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To repossess.
    • I had my car repoed when I became unable to keep up the payments.

Forms of repo

Noun
pluralrepos
Verb
third-person singular presentrepos
present participlerepoing
past participlerepoed
pastrepoed

Origin of repo

Clippings.

Words formed from repo

Phrases with repo

Questions about repo

What does repo mean?
Repo means to repossess.
What is repo the clipping of?
Repo is the clipping of repossession.
What part of speech is repo?
Repo is a verb.
How do you pronounce repo?
Repo is pronounced /ˈɹɛpoʊ/.
What is the past tense of repo?
The past tense of repo is repoed.

Words near repo in the dictionary

  1. replyers
  2. replying
  3. replyingly
  4. repmobile
  5. repmobiles
  6. repo
  7. repo depo
  8. repo depos
  9. repo depot
  10. repo depots
  11. repo man

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: repo (page history and authors); repossession (page history and authors); repositioning (page history and authors). 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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