Repossess

Word REPOSSESS
Character 9
Hyphenation re pos sess
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Repossess"

What do we mean by repossess?

To regain possession of. transitive verb

To reclaim possession of for failure to make payments due. transitive verb

To give back possession to. transitive verb

To possess again; regain possession of.

To possess again. transitive verb

To take possession of, for failure of the possessor to make payments owed for purchase of; -- used of real estate subject to mortgage payments and of other objects purchased on a time-payment plan, which may be taken back (repossessed) by the original vendor if the payments are not made on time. transitive verb

To acquire again (something lost). transitive verb

To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due. verb

Regain possession of something verb

Claim back verb

To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.

To gain back possession of.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Repossess

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The word "repossess" in example sentences

There's a catch, though: After just a few months of non-payment, The Union reserves the right to send a blue-collar thug to hunt you down and "repossess" - ie: crudely cut out of your living body-the organ. ❋ Peter Suderman (2010)

There's a catch, though: After just a few months of non-payment, The Union reserves the right to send a blue-collar thug to hunt you down and "repossess" - i.e.: crudely cut out of your living body-the organ. ❋ Peter Suderman (2010)

Make the kid believe he's rich, then 'repossess' the money- either for the college fund or to post bail, your choice. ❋ Jen (2008)

I was going to 'repossess' it, but there were workman around and I didn't have time to hang around. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hounslow Council said that the Keens 'house in Brentford, West London, appeared to have been empty since last November, and so the Keens have been given notice of the council's intention to issue an' Empty Dwelling Management Order ', allowing it to' repossess 'a property if it remains unoccupied and dilapidated for a period of six months. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These came to light as bank employees and those of contractors and law firms employed by the banks to repossess homes admitted to carelessly handling mounds of paper. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Banks have been slow to repossess these homes after foreclosure-processing abuses surfaced last year, but the inventory ultimately could rise as banks begin to take back and list more of those properties. ❋ Nick Timiraos (2011)

It's everyday people trying to repossess a piece of their society, she said. ❋ Heather Haddon (2011)

"If the lender doesn't have the ability to repossess the home for three or four years, it's very hard to clear the excess supply," says Jonah Green , director of mortgage analytics at 1010data, a technology and analysis firm in New York. ❋ Nick Timiraos (2011)

The foreclosure process has been snarled since late 2010, after allegations that banks had serially submitted bogus mortgage documents when attempting to repossess homes from delinquent borrowers. ❋ Nick Timiraos (2012)

The delays continue to push the 2 million U.S. homes already on banks' books or in some stage of foreclosure further into limbo and put banks on track to repossess about 200,000 fewer homes this year than in 2010, the firm said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

“You want me to come out there and repossess that froofy coffee you're drinking?” he snaps, sending Corrallo up the steps and onto the street to lick his wounds. ❋ Con Chapman (2011)

Last week, the Lone Star-led group exercised rights to repossess all outstanding shares in Tokyo Star from Advantage Partners. ❋ Atsuko Fukase (2011)

Once he finds them, he must repossess their artiforgs, which means ... well, if you've ever seen the "Live Organ Transplants" sketch from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, you know what that means: opening up the individual and returning the artiforg to the Union. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These cars are sold to people whose credit has been downchecked to "B," on lots where cars cost more, loan terms are worse, and they contain GPS units that make the car's location continuously available to the dealer, credit-company (and others) so that they can more easily repossess the cars. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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