foreclosure

English

Etymology

From foreclose by analogy with closure, equivalent to fore- +‎ closure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔːɹˈkləʊʒ.əɹ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

foreclosure (countable and uncountable, plural foreclosures)

1. (law) The proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments.
2. (psychoanalysis) The absence of a symbolic father for a fatherless child, as a cause for psychosis.

Derived terms

• antiforeclosure
• market foreclosure
• nonforeclosure
• preforeclosure
• widow foreclosure

Related terms

• foreclose
• distraint

Translations

proceeding by a creditor

• Bulgarian: възбрана (bg) f (văzbrana)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 終止回贖權 / 终止回赎权 (zhōngzhǐ huíshúquán)

• Danish: eksekution c, tvangsfuldbyrdelse c
• Dutch: executoriale verkoop, executie (nl)
• Esperanto: sekvestrado
• Faroese: fíggjartøka f
• Finnish: ulosmittaus, ulosotto (fi)
• French: saisie d'hypothèque f, saisie immobilière f, saisie (fr) f
• Galician: embargo (gl), embargamento (gl)
• German: Zwangsvollstreckung (de) f, Pfändung (de) f
• Greek: κατάσχεση (el) f (katáschesi)
• Hungarian: zálogjog/jelzálog érvényesítése (ingatlanon), lefoglalás (hu), zár alá vétel, végrehajtás (hu)
• Icelandic: aðför (is) f, aðfarargerð f
• Italian: pignoramento (it) m
• Kazakh: сатып алу айыру құқығының кепілі (satıp aluw ayıruw quqığınıŋ kepili)
• Māori: taumanutanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tvangsfullbyrdelse

  Nynorsk: tvangsfullføring

• Polish: zajęcie (pl) n, przejęcie (pl) n
• Portuguese: execução (pt) f
• Russian: лишение права выкупа залоговой (lišenije prava vykupa zalogovoj)
• Spanish: embargo (es) m, ejecución de hipoteca f, acción hipotecaria f
• Swedish: utmätning (sv) c, exekution (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagsamsam ng nakasangla