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repo man

repo man noun: a man employed by a finance company or similar lender to repossess property which is the security for a loan or subject of a lease and where payments have not been made by the borrower or lessor at agreed times (i.e. one that is in default).

Noun

repo man (plural repo men)

  1. (US, informal) A man employed by a finance company or similar lender to repossess property which is the security for a loan or subject of a lease and where payments have not been made by the borrower or lessor at agreed times (i.e. one that is in default).
    • I'm a repo man. It's a repossesser. I take back cars from dildos who don't pay their bills. Cool huh?1984, Alex Cox, Repo Man, spoken by Otto Maddox (Emilio Estevez)

Forms of repo man

pluralrepo men

Questions about repo man

What does repo man mean?
Repo man means a man employed by a finance company or similar lender to repossess property which is the security for a loan or subject of a lease and where payments have not been made by the borrower or lessor at agreed times (i.e. one that is in default).
What part of speech is repo man?
Repo man is a noun.
What is the plural of repo man?
The plural of repo man is repo men.

Words near repo man in the dictionary

  1. repo
  2. repo depo
  3. repo depos
  4. repo depot
  5. repo depots
  6. repo man
  7. repo men
  8. repocket
  9. repocketed
  10. repocketing
  11. repockets

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