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foreclose
[fawr-klohz, fohr-]
verb (used with object)
Law.
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.
to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage or pledge).
to shut out; exclude; bar.
to hinder or prevent, as from doing something.
to establish an exclusive claim to.
to close, settle, or answer beforehand.
verb (used without object)
to take away the right to redeem a mortgage or pledge.
foreclose
/ fɔːˈkləʊz, fɔːˈkləʊʒə /
verb
law to deprive (a mortgagor, etc) of the right to redeem (a mortgage or pledge)
(tr) to shut out; bar
(tr) to prevent or hinder
(tr) to answer or settle (an obligation, promise, etc) in advance
(tr) to make an exclusive claim to
Other 51Թ Forms
- foreclosable adjective
- nonforeclosing adjective
- foreclosure noun
- ڴǰˈDz adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of foreclose1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of foreclose1
Example Sentences
She rides the bus while Henry Rosenzweig, her superintendent at the Jewish Community Center, drives to work in his Cadillac considering which mortgages to foreclose on next.
“When I started as a youth climate organizer, I was motivated by this sense of anger and rage that my own future was being foreclosed upon by politicians and the fossil fuel industry,” she said.
Yet we were arming, aiding and abetting the very people who want to foreclose on that possibility.
We cannot return to Mosaic law, but there’s evident wisdom here: People’s futures should not be foreclosed forever because of past injustice.
"To hold otherwise would be to completely foreclose the further development of music in that genre or for that purpose."
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