foreclose
pronunciation
How to pronounce foreclose in British English:
UK [fɔ:ˈkləʊz]
How to pronounce foreclose in American English:
US [fɔrˈkloʊz]
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- Verb:
- keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing
- subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
Word Origin
- foreclose (v.)
- late 13c., from Old French forclos, past participle of forclore "exclude, shut out; shun; drive away" (12c.), from fors "out" (Modern French hors; from Latin foris "outside;" see foreign) + clore "to shut" (see close (v.)). Senses in English influenced by words in for- (which is partly synonymous with the Latin word) and spelling by a mistaken association with native fore-. Specific mortgage law sense is first attested 1728. Other Middle English for- words in which the same prefix figures include forjuggen "condemn, convict, banish;" forloinen "forsake, stray from," and forfeit. Related: Foreclosed; foreclosing.
Example
- 1. We miss one payment , and you can foreclose ?
- 2. Ms. edwards said the bank was attempting to foreclose her home .
- 3. Never foreclose the idea of a compromise .
- 4. The building society will be forced to foreclose on this mortgage because regular payments have not been made .
- 5. To find foreclose listings online .