Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
foreclosure [fawr-kloh-zher, fohr-] ExamplesWord Origin noun Law.
- the act of foreclosing a mortgage or pledge.
Origin of foreclosure First recorded in 1720–30; foreclose + -ure Related formsan·ti·fore·clo·sure, noun, adjectivenon·fore·clo·sure, noun Examples from the Web for foreclosure Contemporary Examples of foreclosure
The house fell into tax delinquency that same year and was flagged for foreclosure this May.
Cleveland Wants to Burn Down Ariel Castro’s House. Should It Be?
Christine Pelisek
May 13, 2013
D.C. has effectively had a foreclosure moratorium since 2010, which has made inventory very tight.
What the Hell is Happening in D.C.?
Megan McArdle
December 21, 2012
By the time the V.A. reversed itself, the family home was in foreclosure.
Number of Veterans Who Die Waiting for Benefits Claims Skyrockets
Aaron Glantz
December 20, 2012
Foreclosure starts, according to the report, were at their lowest level since 2007.
Matthew Zeitlin
November 15, 2012
Five states—Florida, California, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois—make up more than half of the loans in foreclosure.
Matthew Zeitlin
November 15, 2012
Historical Examples of foreclosure
First suffering, then mortgage, then foreclosure and eviction, he prophesied.
Frederic L. Paxson
All the surer, from a condition in that particular deed: Foreclosure, without time.
Mayne Reid
I took over Abdullahs factory on foreclosure and added it to my own.
Hilaire Belloc
He said something about a foreclosure, too, and he said that meant I was to lose my place.
Francis L. Cooper
Ultimately this deposit passed to the trust by foreclosure of the $10,000 mortgage.
Clinton W. Gilbert
Word Origin and History for foreclosure n.
foreclosure in Culture foreclosure
A proceeding in which the financer of a mortgage seeks to regain property because the borrower has defaulted on payments.