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Foreclose

Foreclose Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Foreclose? [v] subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage [v] keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Foreclose: forbid \| forestall \| preclude \| prevent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Foreclose: anticipate \| avert \| bar \| cut off \| debar \| deflect \| deter \| discourage \| disendow \| dishearten \| disherison \| disinherit \| disown \| dispossess \| disseise \| estop \| evict \| exclude \| expropriate \| fend \| fend off \| forbid \| forestall \| help \| keep from \| keep off \| obviate \| preclude \| prevent \| prohibit \| repel \| rule out \| save \| stave off \| turn aside \| ward off See Also \| avert \| avoid \| baffle \| bilk \| block \| blockade \| cross \| debar \| deflect \| embarrass \| fend off \| foil \| frustrate \| halt \| head off \| hinder \| kibosh \| make unnecessary \| obstruct \| obviate \| queer \| reclaim \| repossess \| save \| scotch \| spoil \| stave off \| stop \| stymie \| stymy \| thwart \| ward off Foreclose In Webster's Dictionary \Fore*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreclosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foreclosing}.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris outside) + F. clore to close. See {Foreign}, and {Close}, v. t.] To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew. {To foreclose a mortgager} (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption. {To foreclose a mortgage}, (not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt. --Wharton.

Foreclose Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Foreclose?

[v] subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
[v] keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Foreclose: forbid | forestall | preclude | prevent

Foreclose In Webster's Dictionary

\Fore*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreclosed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Foreclosing}.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore
to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris
outside) + F. clore to close. See {Foreign}, and {Close}, v.
t.]
To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar;
to exclude.

      The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew.

{To foreclose a mortgager} (Law), to cut him off by a
   judgment of court from the power of redeeming the
   mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption.

{To foreclose a mortgage}, (not technically correct, but
   often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the
   payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the
   mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt.
   --Wharton.

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