foreclosure
About 0.78 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments.
- noun The absence of a symbolic father for a fatherless child, as a cause for psychosis.
Similar words
estoppel opt-out lockout forfeiture entry input graduation embargo seizure compartmentalization
Often followed by
of sale and proceedings or is action by on
Word family
foreclosures
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