'Foreclosure' definitions:
Definition of 'foreclosure'
From: WordNet
noun
The legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
Definition of 'Foreclosure'
From: GCIDE
- Foreclosure \Fore*clo"sure\ (?; 135), n. The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'foreclosure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrestation,
- debarment,
- determent,
- deterrence,
- discouragement,
- disendowment,
- disherison,
- disinheritance,
- disownment,
- dispossession,
- disseisin,
- estoppel,
- eviction,
- expropriation,
- forbiddance,
- forestalling,
- halt,
- obviation,
- preclusion,
- prevention,
- prohibition,
- reclaiming,
- repossessing,
- repossession,
- stay,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stopping