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单词 repossess
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repossess

(riːpəzes)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense repossesses, present participle repossessing, past tense, past participle repossessed
verb [usually passive]
If your car or house is repossessed, the people who supplied it take it back because they are still owed money for it.
His car was repossessed by the company. [be VERB-ed]
The firm's sales of repossessed properties is up by 40 per cent. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: take back More Synonyms of repossess

repossess in British English

(ˌriːpəˈzɛs)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to take back possession of (property), esp for nonpayment of money due under a hire-purchase agreement
2. 
to restore ownership of (something) to someone
Derived forms
repossession (ˌriːpəˈzɛʃən)
noun
repossessor (ˌreposˈsessor)
noun

repossess in American English

(ˌripəˈzɛs)
verb transitive
1. 
to get possession of again; specif., to take back from a buyer who has failed to make payments when due
2.  Rare
to put in possession again
Derived forms
repossession (ˌreposˈsession) (ˌripəˈzɛʃən)
noun

Synonyms of 'repossess'

take back
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In other languages
repossess

British English: repossess VERB
If your car or house is repossessed, the people who supplied it take it back because they are still owed money for it.
His car was repossessed by the company.
  • American English: repossess
  • Brazilian Portuguese: retomar
  • Chinese: 收回 >汽车或房子
  • European Spanish: recuperar
  • French: saisir
  • German: wieder in Besitz nehmen
  • Italian: rientrare in possesso di
  • Japanese: 回収する
  • Korean: > 회수당하다대금을 미지불로
  • European Portuguese: retomar
  • Latin American Spanish: recuperar

(verb) 
Definition
(of a lender) to take back (property) from a customer who is behind with payments, for example mortgage repayments
His car was repossessed by the company.
Synonyms
take back

Nearby words of
repossess

  • reporting
  • repose
  • repository
  • repossess
  • reprehensible
  • represent
  • represent someone as something or someone

Synonyms of 'repossess'

repossess

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