When Tom lost his job, he couldn't keep up his mortgage repayments and he was threatened with foreclosure.
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Foreclosure
Synonyms for "foreclosure" (28 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (14)
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8 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- възбрана noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 終止回贖權 /终止回赎权 noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Danish
2 entries- eksekution noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- tvangsfuldbyrdelse noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Dutch
2 entries- executie noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- executoriale verkoop noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Esperanto
1 entries- sekvestrado noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Faroese
1 entries- fíggjartøka noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Finnish
2 entries- ulosmittaus noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- ulosotto noun (proceeding by a creditor)
French
3 entries- saisie noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- saisie d'hypothèque noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- saisie immobilière noun (proceeding by a creditor)
German
2 entries- Pfändung noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- Zwangsvollstreckung noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Greek
1 entries- κατάσχεση noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Hungarian
4 entries- lefoglalás noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- végrehajtás noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- zálogjog/jelzálog érvényesítése (ingatlanon) noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- zár alá vétel noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Icelandic
2 entries- aðfarargerð noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- aðför noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Italian
1 entries- pignoramento noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Kazakh
1 entries- сатып алу айыру құқығының кепілі noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Māori
1 entries- taumanutanga noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tvangsfullbyrdelse noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tvangsfullføring noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Polish
2 entries- przejęcie noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- zajęcie noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Portuguese
1 entries- execução noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Russian
1 entries- лишение права выкупа залоговой noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Spanish
3 entries- acción hipotecaria noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- ejecución de hipoteca noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- embargo noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Swedish
2 entries- exekution noun (proceeding by a creditor)
- utmätning noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagsamsam ng nakasangla noun (proceeding by a creditor)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Anyone may bid on properties sold at a foreclosure sale.
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