HyperDic: foreclosure

English > 1 sense of the word *foreclosure*:
NOUN	act	foreclosure	the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess / repossess the collateral for loan that is in default

foreclosure > pronunciation
Sounds	faorklow'zher
Rhymes	arbitrager ... treasure: 21 rhymes with zher...

English > *foreclosure*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess / repossess the collateral for loan that is in default.
Broader	proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings	(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Spanish	ejecución de hipoteca, embargo
Catalan	execució d'hipoteca
Verbs	foreclose	subject to foreclosing procedures