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(fôr-klōz', fōr-) pronunciation

v., -closed, -clos·ing, -clos·es.

v.tr.
    1. To deprive (a mortgagor) of the right to redeem mortgaged property, as when payments have not been made.
    2. To bar an equity or a right to redeem (a mortgage).
  1. To exclude or rule out; bar.
  2. To settle or resolve beforehand.
v.intr.
To bar an equity or a right to redeem a mortgage.

[Middle English forclosen, to exclude from an inheritance, from Old French forclos, shut out, past participle of forclore, to exclude : fors-, outside (from Latin forīs) + clore, to close (from Latin claudere).]

foreclosable fore·clos'a·ble adj.

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IN BRIEF: To end a mortgage and become the owner of the mortgaged property.

pronunciation The bank wanted to foreclose on that property because the owner did not keep up on the payments.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udelukke
v. intr. - overtage

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitsluiten, afsluiten (m.n. van hypotheek), vooraf regelen, exclusief houden

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Fin, Jur) saisir (qch en hypothèque), exclure
v. intr. - saisir, forclore qn, saisir (un prêt)

Deutsch (German)
v. - für verfallen erklären, abweisen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατάσχω (ενυπόθηκο), ασκώ δικαίωμα εξ υποθήκης

Italiano (Italian)
precludere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - executar (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
лишать права выкупа заложенного имущества, предрешить результаты обсуждения

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - excluir, impedir
v. intr. - excluir, ejecutar una hipoteca

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utesluta, på förhand avgöra

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
阻止, 预先处理, 排除, 取消赎回权

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 阻止, 預先處理, 排除
v. intr. - 取消贖回權

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 내쫓다, 타협하여 끝맺다, 방해하다
v. intr. - 저당권을 행사하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 流す, 除外する, 締め出す, 妨げる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمنع , يصد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עיקל, מימש (שעבוד), מנע, חסם‬
v. intr. - ‮עיקל, מימש (שעבוד)‬


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