foreclose
verb /fɔːˈkləʊz/
/fɔːrˈkləʊz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they foreclose | /fɔːˈkləʊz/ /fɔːrˈkləʊz/ |
| he / she / it forecloses | /fɔːˈkləʊzɪz/ /fɔːrˈkləʊzɪz/ |
| past simple foreclosed | /fɔːˈkləʊzd/ /fɔːrˈkləʊzd/ |
| past participle foreclosed | /fɔːˈkləʊzd/ /fɔːrˈkləʊzd/ |
| -ing form foreclosing | /fɔːˈkləʊzɪŋ/ /fɔːrˈkləʊzɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] foreclose (on somebody/something) | foreclose something (finance) (especially of a bank) to take control of somebody’s property because they have not paid back money that they borrowed to buy itCollocations Moving houseMoving house RentingTopics Houses and homesc2
- live in a rented/(especially North American English) rental property
- rent/share/move into a furnished house/(British English) flat/(especially North American English) apartment
- rent a studio/(British English) a studio flat/(especially North American English) a studio apartment/(British English) a bedsit
- find/get a housemate/(British English) a flatmate/(North American English) a roommate
- sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
- extend/renew/terminate the lease/(British English) tenancy
- afford/pay the rent/the bills/(North American English) the utilities
- (especially British English) fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the rent
- pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(North American English) security deposit
- give/receive a month’s/two-weeks’ notice to leave/vacate the property
- have a flat/an apartment/a room (British English) to let/(especially North American English) for rent
- rent (out)/lease (out)/ (British English) let (out)/sublet a flat/an apartment/a house/a property
- collect/increase/raise the rent
- evict the existing tenants
- attract/find new/prospective tenants
- invest in rental property/(British English) property to let/(British English) the buy-to-let market
- buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially North American English) (a piece of) prime real estate
- call/contact/use (British English) an estate agent/(North American English) a Realtor™/(North American English) a real estate agent/broker
- make/ (British English) put in an offer on a house
- put down/save for (British English) a deposit on a house
- make/put/save for (especially North American English) a down payment on a house/home
- apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
- (struggle to) pay the mortgage
- make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(British English also) repayments
- (British English) repossess/ (especially North American English) foreclose on somebody’s home/house
- put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
- increase/lower your price/the asking price
- have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially British English) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
- [transitive] foreclose something (formal) to reject something as a possibility synonym exclude
- The judge’s words effectively foreclosed any possibility of an early release.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French forclos, past participle of forclore, from for- ‘out’ (from Latin foras ‘outside’) + clore ‘to close’. The original sense was ‘bar from escaping’, in late Middle English ‘shut out’, and ‘bar from doing something’ (sense (2)), hence specifically ‘bar someone from redeeming a mortgage’ (sense (1), early 18th cent.).