repossess
pronunciation
How to pronounce repossess in British English:
UK [ˌri:pəˈzes]
How to pronounce repossess in American English:
US [ˌripəˈzɛs]
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- Verb:
- claim back
- regain possession of something
Word Origin
- repossess (v.)
- late 15c., "to reoccupy;" see re- "back, again" + possess. Meaning "take back from a purchaser who defaults on payments" first recorded 1933. Related: Repossessed; repossessing.
Example
- 1. In the west , most car finance companies would only visit a customer 's home to repossess a vehicle in default .
- 2. The race to repossess land usually has one of two motivations to make way for new factories or to clear space for high-rise housing developments for sale to the urban middle class .
- 3. He asked the companies threatening me with foreclosure to provide my original mortgage document . None of them had it , so legally , none of them could repossess my house , as they couldn 't prove they owned my loan .