reponoun [ C ]
/ˈriː.pəʊ//ˈriː.poʊ/mainly US informalsomething that has been repossessed (= taken back by the owner from someone who is buying it over a period of time and who cannot continue to make payments):
Ask for the history of the car if it is a repo, and go through the details of the owners, the mileage and the repairs that have been carried out on it.
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Mortgages & real estate
- brick
- chain
- endowment policy
- estate agency
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- freeholder
- holding
- home buyer
- housebuyer
- landholding
- leaseholder
- lessee
- negative equity
- open house
- owner-occupied
- rateable value
- real estate agent
- repayment
- title deed
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Capturing or taking possession of things
repoverb [ T ]
/ˈriː.pəʊ//ˈriː.poʊ/present participle repo'ing, past tense repo'd, past participle repo'd mainly US informalto repossess something (= take it back from someone who is buying it over a period of time and who cannot continue to make payments):
I'd like to hear from anyone who has personal experience of a vehicle being repo'd.
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Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bay idiom
- bag
- cage
- capture
- catch
- collar
- corner
- entangle
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab
- seize
- sequester
- snag
- snatch
- snatch at sth
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