Definition
For a bank or lender to take back property from a borrower who hasn't paid their loan, or to prevent someone from doing something.
Etymology
From Old French 'forclos,' meaning 'excluded' or 'shut out.' The financial meaning developed when banks literally shut people out of their own homes.
Kelly Says
The 2008 housing crisis made 'foreclose' a word millions heard in hushed, anxious conversations—it's the legal system's way of saying 'the bank is taking your house.' The word comes from Old French meaning 'shut out,' which is exactly what happens when you lose your home because you couldn't afford payments.
Translations
ARالعربية
مصادرة
musadara
BNবাংলা
ব্যাংকের দখল
byan-ker-der-dakhol
CACatalà
execucio
eh-kseh-koo-thee-oh
CSČeština
exekuce
eh-keh-koo-tse
DADansk
pantbrev
pant-brev
DEDeutsch
Pfändung
pfaend-ung
ELΕλληνικά
απόσυρση
a-pos-ee-r-see
ESEspañol
ejecución hipotecaria
eh-heh-koo-thee-oh-n hi-po-teh-ka-ree-ah
FISuomi
panttio
pan-tee-oh
FRFrançais
mettre en vente aux enchères
met-ruh-san-vuh-toh-anh-chehr
GUGU
ગેરકાયદે
geh-ra-kaa-deh
HIहिन्दी
मकान छीनना
makaan cheenaana
HUMagyar
kényszabályozás
ken-ysza-ba-lee-o-zaas
IDBahasa Indonesia
pemecatan
peh-meh-ka-taan
ITItaliano
pignoramento
pee-nyoh-rah-men-toh
JA日本語
抵押権の執行
tei-ya-ken-no-shi-ki
KKKK
көлдене
kool-deh-neh
MSBahasa Melayu
penarikan
pen-a-ree-kan
NLNederlands
executie
eh-kseu-tee-eh
NONorsk
pantbrev
pant-brev
PLPolski
wypowiadanie
vvee-po-vee-an-ee-eh
PTPortuguês
rematar
reh-mah-tar
RORomână
împuternicire
im-pu-teh-ni-chee-reh
SVSvenska
inkassation
in-kas-sah-tion
SWKiswahili
kuchukua
koo-choo-koo-ah
TAதமிழ்
பங்கீடு
pang-ee-du
TEతెలుగు
స్థానంలో
sthana-lo
TLTL
pag-aalis
pa-ga-a-lis
UKУкраїнська
примус
pri-moos
URاردو
ممتلكات
mam-ta-lik-at
VITiếng Việt
cướp đoạt
chup doat
ZUZU
ukusela
oo-koo-seh-lah